I hadn’t gotten sick in New York City’s terrifying first wave of the pandemic. This was the summer of 2020, and although the previous three months had been difficult for virtually everyone, I had managed to escape relatively unscathed. When I first suspected that I was losing my hair, I felt like maybe I was also losing my grip on reality.
Catherine Leblond / Alamy The Atlantic The Year America’s Hair Fell Out. For many, following their passion is not only a path to a good job it is the key to a good life. Believers in this idea trust that passion will inoculate them against the drudgery of working long hours on tasks that they have little personal connection to. And 67 percent of them say they would prioritize meaningful work over job stability, high wages, and work-life balance. According to my research, which draws on surveys and interviews with college students, graduates, and career coaches, more than 75 percent of college-educated workers believe that passion is an important factor in career decision making. Millions of people have joined the “ Great Resignation,” and many, especially the college-educated, have vowed to follow their passion and embark on a different career.īut this yearning for more meaningful work isn’t new: Over the past three decades, college students and college-educated workers have turned to what I call the “passion principle”-the prioritization of fulfilling work even at the expense of job security or a decent salary-as a road map for how to make decisions about their career. Since the start of the pandemic, Americans have been talking seriously with friends, family, and themselves about the shortcomings of their modern-day work lives. Brian Finke / Gallery Stock Loving Your Job Is a Capitalist Trap. It looks like a snapshot of my own great-aunt. The photograph looks like something I would discover after many days on. When I look at the picture of that small child on her sturdy legs in the foggy past, I don’t feel any connection to her. I have a photograph of myself at age 3, standing on the docks of Cork Harbor, about to sail to New York. There’s no dithering yet-the senescence is almost undetectable.īut on the other hand, you have been on this Earth for a really, really long time. Sixty-year-olds still perform surgery on people who could choose other doctors. 
On the one hand, you’re still going to the gym and to dinner parties.
Here’s what it feels like to turn 60: weird. Because if you play your cards right, it’s going to happen to you too. I turn 60 today, and I feel vaguely embarrassed about it, like I’ve somehow let myself go, like I’ve been bingeing on decades and wound up in this unappealing condition.Ĭhances are, most of you haven’t crossed this border station yet, so you’d better listen up.
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