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Let's look in on America's perfect family - the Joneses.

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Why, just look at their amazing life!

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Safe, secure jobs.

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Social respect and admiration

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A growing family.

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Home ownership!

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New model cars.

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And a gourmet kitchen.

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Yes, the Joneses are living proof that if we're willing to follow the same trusted path...

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What! How did we ever buy into that myth?

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Since we have been young, we have been indoctrinated to follow a prescribed formula.

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You have to get a degree...

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...and get the best job that you can.

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...the white picket fence...

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...the big-screen TV...

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...two-point-five kids...

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...the babe, the boat, the bucks. The job, the six figures.

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Work for forty, fifty years...and then retire.

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I did all of the things that were expected of me...at the expense of my dreams.

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Every Monday I would walk on the beach, and put my iPod in, and wonder what was wrong with me.