![]() ![]() ZOMORODI: So, Doree, your memoir is called "Thanks For Waiting: The Joy (& Weirdness) Of Being A Late Bloomer." When I was in my late 20s, I went back to school, and as part of that, I worked as an intern. I mean, it was just, like, this list of things with no understanding of, like, what it actually took to get those things or why I even really wanted them. But at the same time, I was like, well, I guess I have all these things I need to do before I turn 30, like write a book, maybe get married, like, buy an apartment. Like, I opened up The New York Times classifieds section, and I was like, I guess this is how I find a job. So you know, I graduated college, kind of bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and moved to New York and thought, OK, I'm going to have this, like, great career in media. ZOMORODI: And late to hitting the milestones of young adulthood. Like, they were doing all these things that, like, weren't even on my radar. ![]() SHAFRIR: It was like all the girls were shaving their legs. ZOMORODI: Late to becoming a hip teenage girl. This idea of, like, having to keep up with my peers was something that I felt very deeply. ZOMORODI: For most of her life, writer Doree Shafrir felt like she was always late.ĭOREE SHAFRIR: Oh, yes. ![]()
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