But while the urban tribe helps us survive, it does not help us thrive. The urban tribe may bring us soup when we are sick, but it is the people we hardly know - those who never make it into our tribe - who will swiftly and dramatically change our lives for the better.
When I was in my twenties, I thought I was bulletproof.
I was a kind of hyper-intense person in my twenties and very impatient.
I was really, really wild in my early twenties and a bit self-destructive.