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Mattering

An Ebb’d Man or a Mattering Man

Posted on January 26, 2026February 3, 2026 by John Lubans

The self-help industry has a new term: Mattering. A recent story in the Wall Street Journal addresses that less-than-loving feeling once you are turned out to pasture: “The Retirement Crisis No One Warns You About: Mattering: … How to continue to feel seen and valued.” It brings to mind a previous essay of mine, “Nobody…

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