The ‘Living My Best Life’ Trend Took A Strange Turn, But We Can Dig It

Life Is Rough For Anyone Named Flavia

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It’s hard to put yourself in the shoes of someone in the past. It still blows my mind that the spoiled 18-year-olds today would have been drafted to fight in World War One.

In Ancient Rome, a 16-year-old girl’s best life was hoping that her firstborn son wasn’t torn to pieces by a lion.