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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Mark Seguin, who was surprise-diagnosed with colon cancer five years ago at age 35. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I’ll never know for sure why I got colon cancer at age 35.Sure, I can look back now and point to…

I’ll be straight with you: My house is tiny. Charming, yes, but with two adults, two large dogs, and the hope of a future child, “cozy” had started to feel more like “cramped.”Add in our wonderfully loud, frequently visiting families, and it became clear that my hybrid home-office-second-bedroom wasn’t actually…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Aoi Onodera, 34, which took place at Aoito, the café he manages in Zushi, Japan. His words have been translated and edited for length and clarity.I grew up visiting this house. It originally belonged to my grandfather’s older sister, and whenever…