I’m writing this on my birthday. I’m turning 18 for the fourth time. I’ve come to realize that added 18s are bigger deals than added 10s, by a lot. For example, between birth and my first 18th birthday, I saw a huge difference. Between birth and 10, not so much.
Between 18 and 36, I finished two degrees at two universities, got married, taught for five years before quitting, became a cab driver, got divorced and spent 17 months homeless altogether. ...