All I read here was "The way people talk on the internet changes over time." -insight by gif troll

HA! In summary - maybe it's time to change your Ultimate Career Goal...??

Yeah, location is such a status symbol in NYC. I think it's weird how people relate to me differently sometimes since I moved to Manhattan from Brooklyn... But don't fall into the trap of "BK is more legit than MNH" - where I live in the Village is far more diverse than when I lived in Williamsburg. Park Slope Co-op…

I can't unsee that. Just... GAH.

Saving for retirement feels like one huge gamble. None of us knows how long we have. How do you balance living the experiences you want to have now with saving for days that may never come? Or what if your savings tanks in another crash? Do I take that trip now while I'm young and mobile and can stay out all night and…

First time I've seen marshmallow study and yes, the same. My parents didn't saved and often lived outside their inconsistent means; I find it a struggle not to do the same.

I really like your post and identified with a lot, even being about 10 yrs older than you (some habits die hard?). Especially like this line: "or if more simply I was caught in that trip of stubbornness and desperate desire for self-affirmation that everybody seems to be on."

Right?! There's a lot of constant "proving," or what a favorite author of mine calls "success theater." It basically like living your Facebook feed persona all the time.

LOL, kinda... except that we all buy into it so I can't throw stones in glass houses or whatever the saying is.

We seriously need to start a support group: NYers with Stockholm Syndrome.

Yikes, that is awful. I definitely have a fear that work is harder to come by outside NYC.

A client of mine once noted one of his accomplishments as "Not selling out" - as in, not moving out of Manhattan once he'd had a family. This always made me uncomfortable... but it's a common perception. I still suffer from this idea that you have to live in NYC to maximize life and prove something. Actually, the…

You must not go to my gym. Dropping by the Soho NYC location during fashion week is soul-crushing. It's like being inside W-meets-Self magazine.

Two more words: SleepCycle

Million dollar business idea

For serious, them's the modern-day breaks.

I GOT TO HOLD A TONY LAST NIGHT.

PS this article is amazing re mic drop

I thought that too in reaction but would never step to Ruth'. But you're right, if it happened the other way around our reactions would not be "how will dude afford life?!"

Ha! Truth.