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> What struck me most about this one is that it spoke much more about the professional life then about the personal one.

I was thinking the same thing when reading the man’s reflection focused so much on his personal accolades and so little on what David Brooks calls “eulogy values.” But to each their own.

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The article prompted me to think about what I would talk about in a situation like this and honestly I immediately jumped to my time abroad working in China.

My personal and family life is great, but it's also ordinary. That makes it no less meaningful to me but I would struggle to tell you anything profound about it that you don't already know. For a lot of people who are journalists, writers, spent time in the military or abroad I think that's just what stands out to them.

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