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What to do if everything's great

Good sportsmanship and occupying Wall St.

Emily Sanders Hopkins
Aug 28, 2021
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This is Emily Writes Back, an advice column for brilliant people, by cartoonist and essayist Emily Sanders Hopkins.

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Will you be happy when your dreams actually come true?

A reader letter and my reply:

Dear Emily,

I'm coming off a very tumultuous three years. Between the good—getting married, having a baby—there has also been a fair amo…

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