If solutions to life events take up hours that would ordinarily be dedicated to work, then is it possible alternative solutions need to be examined?

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The contributory principle said you got more or less what you paid in, if and when these life-changing events occurred.

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It is not difficult to understand these events if you have lived a life in which you are the subject of extraordinary media attention -- extraordinary media scrutiny.

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No matter how miserable you are feeling at the moment, if you look back, there have surely been events in your life that have made you happy.

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"If you wish to poll what people think are the life-changing events that were a direct result of the Internet, you have to include e-mail, Ebay, Amazon, etc, " he said.

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One of them could be you or me due to lack of planning but also due in part to life events like what job we held, the salary we made, or if we will go through or went through a divorce.

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If Facebook is where you check in with your real-life friends and Twitter is how you keep up with current events, the Tumblr experience can be boiled down to people expressing themselves publicly.

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