Read #1. Read your way through Accra.
Read #2. A time we never knew.
But most of us in Gen Z were given phones and tablets so early that we barely remember life before them. Most of us never knew falling in love without swiping and subscription models. We never knew having a first kiss without having watched PornHub first. We never knew flirting and romance before it became sending DMs or reacting to Snapchat stories with flame emojis. We never knew friendship before it became keeping up a Snapstreak or using each other like props to look popular on Instagram. And the freedom—we never felt the freedom to grow up clumsily; to be young and dumb and make stupid mistakes without fear of it being posted online. Or the freedom to be unavailable, to disconnect for a while without the pressure of Read Receipts and Last Active statuses. We never knew a childhood spent chasing experiences and risks and independence instead of chasing stupid likes on a screen. Never knew life without documenting and marketing and obsessively analyzing it as we went.
Read #3. The primatologist who brought apes a little closer to human beings.
Read #4. A profession is not a personality (seems obvious but worth repeating).
Are you a self-objectifier in your job or career? Ask yourself a few questions, and answer them honestly.
•Is your job the biggest part of your identity? Is it the way you introduce yourself, or even understand yourself?
•Do you find yourself sacrificing love relationships for work? Have you forgone romance, friendship, or starting a family because of your career?
•Do you have trouble imagining being happy if you were to lose your job or career? Does the idea of losing it feel a little like death to you?
Read #5. The unstoppable rise of Shein.