the “get your shit together” deadline

It seemed like a harmless and soothing thought: “by the time I’m thirty, I’m gonna have my shit together…” When I was 20, I went to a baby shower hosted by the sister of the mom-to-be. At the time, I was unsettled and angry. My career goal of greenhouse management had been ripped out from under me by severe allergies to all the chemicals used in greenhouses...

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