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Carrying baggage you don''t need?

When I was in college, I figured my life would come together around graduation. I’d meet a guy, have a beautiful wedding, and we''d buy a nice little house—not necessarily with a picket fence, but with whatever kind of fence we wanted. Whatever we decided, I would be happy.

When I got out of college and my life didn’t look like that, I floundered, trying to get the...