It’s not a race — don’t be so busy trying to be grown-up and ‘successful.’ You have time for that later. You don’t have to fit into the box that society says is successful. Learn to listen to what really matters in your heart.
AKA:
Overies before brovaries and/or bros before hoes (but don’t call women hoes, please, because it’s sexist and crummy.)
There’s no one linear path to success.
You’re doing better than you think you are.
Did you know? Germany and Japan have the world’s oldest populations. Niger has the youngest.
Much of what looks like politics and economics is actually just demographics in disguise. Countries with aging populations often end up with high budget deficits and weak economic growth because there are too few workers to support the many retirees. Countries with extremely young populations often end up in political chaos — particularly if there aren’t enough jobs to go around. Right now, Germany and Japan have the world’s oldest populations, with a median age of 46.1. Niger has the world’s youngest population, with a median age of, shockingly, 15.1.
Map courtesy of: Simran Khosla/Global Post
What works — and what doesn’t — about Netflix’s new show, The Get Down
The Get Down is, on some level, a celebration of the exuberance of youth and the vitality of art. But it’s also about how if you leave your ears open to the world around you, there’s a soundtrack accompanying you everywhere. And when it gets into the swing of things, The Get Down is transcendent.
What works:
1. The music
2. The casting of the kids
3. The creation sequences
What doesn’t work:
1. The first episode
2. The dialogue
The kids are all right.
We know this because every two years, the federal government asks thousands of teenagers dozens of questions about whether they are all right. Since 1991, it has sent something called the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey to more than 10,000 high school students every other year, to inquire about all sorts of bad behaviors that range from drug use to unprotected sex to fighting at school.