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Goodbye for now
In a few weeks, Small Answers will turn three years old. It started as an outgrowth of our career group, and turned into a place to talk about the personal backstories behind big life choices. We've devoted hundreds and hundreds of happy hours to it in that time, writing pieces, recruiting and...
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"You're going to be a lonely old man"
"I've always felt weird saying this, but I never really liked Allen. Going to see him wasn't fun. It was boring and depressing. But after you spend enough time with someone, you start to feel responsibility for them." Tim was just 13 years old, and doing tech support to make spending money, when…
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"Do I Have It Figured Out?"
When you grow up witnessing your dad beat your mom, does that shape what you do with your life? Saeeda Hafiz focused on school, going to college and landing good job in banking… only to realize that this wasn't for her. She has started taking cooking and yoga classes, and was captivated by the...
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"I found something"
Potlucks can be a polarizing, love-them-or-hate-them events. In the world of librarians, however, potlucks are serious business. People got to great effort to create ornate, complicated, and time-consuming comestibles. They are the currency of connection and celebration. This, however, is a story...
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"Think about it, bitch"
In the late 1960s, Lucy was working as a cashier at Chubby and Tubby, an army-surplus store on Rainier Avenue in Seattle. It wasn't a particularly nice neighborhood at the time, and the work was backbreaking; she was on her feet all day. But she had to pay for college. It seemed like an ordinary...
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"Change is a hard thing to quantify"
What do effective negotiation strategies and making lasting change in your own life have in common? You might be surprised. Craig moved a lot as a child; he was in his eighth school by the time he was a freshman in high school. All this moving meant he could reinvent himself constantly - allowing...
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Of Mice And Bears
When Sam was a little boy, he had a passion for small things - so when his mom made him a dollhouse as a gift, he was enthralled. Together, they created furniture, landscaping, decorations, and a rich life for the dollhouse's inhabitants, which were mice and bears (no regular humans allowed).…
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"I scare you, don't I?" Stories from the 3rd female reporter at the Wall Street Journal
"I scare you, don't I?" Stories from the 3rd female reporter at the Wall Street Journal by smallanswers
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"Alison, Rachel, Nicole, Elizabeth..."
Tim's mom, with whom he had a difficult relationship, died when he was 17. At 18, he fell in love for the first time. Three years later, when his relationship with his girlfriend ended, suppressed feelings of his mom's death came back powerfully: "It was like going through mom's death again…
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"You Can Go Now"
Is direct and honest communication more difficult in close friendships?
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