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The Myth of Self-Reliance

By Jenny Odell — 2020

An encounter with Emerson’s essays.

Read on www.theparisreview.org

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Becoming Emotionally Self-Reliant

I’m the first to admit that for many years, I was a bit emotionally needy. Not in a crazy, desperate way, but in the way that many of us are. I wanted someone else to make me happy, blamed others for my unhappiness, sought to fulfill my emotional needs through others.

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Self-Reliance