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The Four Stages of Life

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Life is a bitch. Then you die. So while staring at my navel the other day, I decided that that bitch happens in four stages. Here they are.

L ife is a bitch. Then you die. So while staring at my navel the other day, I decided that that bitch happens in four stages. Here they are. Table of Contents Stage One: Mimicry Stage Two: Self-Discovery Stage Three: Commitment Stage Four: Legacy What’s the Point? Inter-Stage Conflict The Value of Trauma What Gets Us Stuck Stage One: Mimicry We are born helpless. We can’t walk, can’t talk, can’t feed ourselves, can’t even do our own damn taxes. As children, the way we’re wired to learn is by watching and mimicking others. First we learn to do physical skills like walk and talk. Then we develop

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