You Do You

Jonathan Morris Schwartz
ILLUMINATION
Published in
5 min readMar 1, 2022

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We’re living in the age of me — selfish is good

Photo by Tijs van Leur on Unsplash

From Greed Is Good…to…You Do You

The sixties had, “Let it all hang out,” the 1980s embraced personal wealth with, “Greed is good.”

Now we’re clearly going through a “You do you,” stage where people are reassessing their priorities, lifestyles, sexuality, marital status, financial wherewithal, and social loyalties in general.

Selfish feels good

If you’d like to get married, find someone who does, too. And strive to make it work — nothing ventured, nothing gained.

If you want to be able to plan every second of your life exactly the way you wish, find someone who also values their independence, or enjoy life by yourself…do you.

If you happen to be gay or straight or bi-sexual or enjoy having multiple partners, or, are not willing to define anything because everything changes….bravo…you are likely on to something….personal happiness.

You want to get up at 4 am and go to bed at 8…do it.

You ate enough pizza and chicken wings to feed a family of 6 and don’t want to have to explain yourself to anyone….eat it.

Your definition of a close, monogamous, traditional relationship is spending every waking moment with one person and…

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Jonathan Morris Schwartz
ILLUMINATION

Jonathan Morris Schwartz is a speech-language pathologist writing about human relationships, love, politics, philosophy, and consciousness.