Xennial Memes
A white square sign mounted on a pinkish granite wall, with a blue sky and tall apartment buildings behind it. The sign reads: "IT'S OKAY TO BE SAD AFTER MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION."

It's Okay to Be Sad About the Right Decision

A street sign reminds you that grief can follow a good choice, a mature, grown-up truth for Xennials who traded analog certainty for adult complexity.

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A white square sign mounted on a pinkish granite wall, with a blue sky and tall apartment buildings behind it. The sign reads: "IT'S OKAY TO BE SAD AFTER MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION."

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Text on a gray page, like a book excerpt: "Was it hard?" I ask. "Letting go?" I nodded. "Not as hard as holding on to something that wasn't real." A white-painted section of a brick wall on a city street displays a mural in large gray capital letters: "YOU ARE PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR BECOMING MORE ETHICAL THAN THE SOCIETY YOU GREW UP IN." A street lamp, tall glass building, and posted signs are visible around it. A white subway-tile wall with a wooden-framed panel lit by lamps and draped with green ivy above. Black capital letters read: "BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO SUCK AT SOMETHING NEW." A sidewalk curb and dark street run below. Black and white hand-lettered illustration. Inside a white oval wreath of leafy fronds on a scratchy black background, text reads: "Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly now. Love mercy now. Walk humbly now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it." The word "now" is underlined each time. Cartoon of a person with light hair slumped face-down on a table, exhausted, while a huge bucket dumps a stream of lemons onto them. A hand juicer and piles of lemons sit on the table, and rows of jars, jugs and bottles of lemonade fill the right side. Signature: Will Santino. Illustration of a Nintendo Switch with a blue left Joy-Con and red right Joy-Con floating in a starry purple night sky with a crescent moon. The screen reads in green handwriting: "HAVING FUN IS NOT A WASTE OF TIME". Artist credit in the corner: @charlotte_legat.

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