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How Not To Become Dinosaurs

How Not To Become Dinosaurs

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How Not To Become Dinosaurs
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Just a little refresher, the dinosaurs were these prehistoric creatures that were ruling the planet, and then they were wiped out in their entirety by something we are not really sure about, though it might have been a comet crashing on them and suddenly, bam, they were no more.

They became irrelevant, if you will.

I’m about to follow the same route.

First let’s state the obvious: I’m not getting younger. I can freeze my eggs and my frown line and my fat (haven’t tried that yet, have you?) as much as I want, I catch myself sometimes looking at kids and being like, WTF, and this in itself shows you I might have crossed the threshold of fossilization.

I have something even more alarming to share: I couldn’t care less.

But it does come to a point where you wonder why put so much effort in staying physically vibrant if we don’t do the same with our minds?

I have to admit - I have been incredibly challenged by the deep changes society is going through lately. And I feel that what is going on in …

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