Resilience Is Overrated

In the non-linear trajectory of life, change is vital

Hope Reese
Forge
Published in
5 min readJul 27, 2020

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In recent years, resilience — or “grit” — has emerged as the ultimate self-help virtue. As John Patrick Leary recently wrote in Teen Vogue, the “resilience industry acknowledges that we all go through rough patches, but it insists that our setbacks will only make us stronger,” which clearly appeals in these unpredictable (and deeply…

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Hope Reese
Forge
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