We have concepts of grammar.

It was guilt for a long time.

I think it exists as a way for us to ignite change, not as something to grasp onto and berate ourselves.

It's like the spark of an engine's ignition. Important, but a feeling meant to be experienced briefly.

I would buy your serious-plot magic fantasy novel with all environmental descriptions written in this spirit.

Reminds me of how people will say "this isn't like you" or "you're usually so quiet/talkative".

Even others like this comfortable, static idea of us.

Parents especially reinforce this with the "just a phase" rhetoric.

Part of growth is defying expectations.

That said, I walked away with my now spouse and a firm sense of my career direction and own identity.

For me it was uprooting from my small town community college to University.

My close friends I had made scattered to other universities.

All the hobbies like theatre and tennis I believed to excel at - suddenly I was < mediocre in this larger population.

First and only major heartbreak.

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People want an answer to the accelerating wealth disparity.

I won't pretend to have it, but I see the frustration and desire for some kind of drastic change as justified.