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How to be happy: A guide for the sad urban millennial
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How to be happy: A guide for the sad urban millennial

The younger generations seem perpetually unhappy and not able to figure out why. Allow me to help!

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Meghan Murphy
Apr 12, 2023
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I turned 40 last year, and I started wondering why "middle age" in pop culture didn't look anything like what Millennials like me are experiencing. So I started to investigate, and here's the fruits (avocados, specifically) of my months-long investigation.
nytimes.comOpinion | This Isn’t What Millennial Middle Age Was Supposed to Look Like“Who has midlife crisis money? We just increase our Lexapro.”
1:42 PM ∙ Mar 14, 2023
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A New York Times opinion piece published last month asked why millennials are so unhappy, but came up with nothing convincing.

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