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We often move through life believing that happiness, calm, peace, and fulfillment are waiting for us just beyond the next milestone. I fell into this trap often in undergraduate and graduate school. I ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Erika Rasure is globally-recognized as a leading consumer economics subject matter expert, ...