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Many of us feel pressure to hit life milestones by a certain age. But what if that prepackaged timeline \u2014 finishing school, achieving financial stability, getting married, having children \u2014 just doesn\u2019t work for you? Ana Sauceda always struggled at school, but her parents put a high value on a college education. She spent a decade trying to fit her parent\u2019s script before throwing it out and writing her own.

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\u201cThis Is Uncomfortable\u201d is Reema Khrais, Megan Detrie, Hayley Hershman, Peter Balonon-Rosen, Camila Kerwin and Serena Chow.