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Jordan Cooper

Los Angeles
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I'm 37 and I have started noticing that my parents talk to me like a peer now, not because I've become wiser, but because they've gotten older and tired enough to drop the parental performance, and I am only now meeting the people they actually are after

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By Lachlan Brown, Marlene Martin, Jordan Cooper
| Veg Out Magazine Verified
The moment you realize your parents have been method acting for three decades, and the real them is actually more interesting than the characters they played. Think about it. When you became a parent (or if you imagine becoming one), didn't you suddenly feel the weight of needing to be someone your kid could look up to? Someone who has answers, who doesn't cry at random commercials, who definitely doesn't eat cereal for dinner three nights in a row? Recently becoming a father myself, I get it now.
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I'm 70 and I have been called "easy to be around" my whole life, not because I'm easygoing, but because I made myself small enough to fit in any room

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By Marlene Martin, Lachlan Brown, Jordan Cooper
| Veg Out Magazine Verified
At seventy, she's finally understanding why a lifetime of being praised as "easy to be around" left her feeling like a ghost in her own family photos—and why her doctor's compliment last week made her want to scream instead of smile. Last week, at my doctor's office, the nurse called me "such a pleasant patient" and I felt that familiar warmth of approval spread through my chest like honey.
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Psychology says people who still write things down on paper aren't resisting technology — they're preserving the only thinking process that actually slows the mind down enough to hear itself

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By Jordan Cooper, Lachlan Brown, Marlene Martin
| Veg Out Magazine Verified
In a world obsessed with digital speed, the deliberate slowness of handwriting might be the key to clearer thinking. You know that person in your meeting who pulls out a notebook while everyone else opens their laptops? Well, they might be onto something more profound than nostalgia. We live in an age where digital tools promise to make everything faster, more efficient, more connected. Yet here's what's fascinating: some of the sharpest minds I know still carry physical notebooks.
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