Just when our fairy tale seems poised to come true, a big, scary thing threatens to destroy everything around it. Today, for the first time in over a century, the entire planet is confronting the same wolf at the same time. I spent the last five years talking to people about the biggest transitions of their lives. What I learned is that massive life disruptions — or “lifequakes,” as I call them — strike people in the core of their being. They create meaning vacuums, in which we feel frightened, overwhelmed and stuck.

Source: New York Times July 16, 2020 09:01 UTC