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“In your search of greater meaning in this Sweetgreenified life, you decide to go to the climbing gym.”

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Imagine doing what you’re told for your entire life. You get decent grades. You go to college. You study computer science, or business, because that’s what’s employable. You nab the right summer internships. You graduate. You clock in at Google or McKinsey or some other exclusive-enough corporate entity that held recruitment sessions on campus that day you nearly had your first existential spiral. You move to Williamsburg or Greenpoint because, unlike your less discerning peers who moved to Murray Hill, you like vinyl listening bars and have a New Yorker tote bag. As those early twenties tick by, an emptiness begins to seep into your body. You can’t place it. Why is this happening to you? You did what everyone said to do and more. You should be happy. Several omakase first dates later, you start to realize that it’s not your lackluster love life. Actually, it’s your corporate job that might be the problem. Sure, it pays for your $4,500/month one-bedroom and imparts the kind of brand re

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