The Edit: Dropping Out of College Into Life

View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Monday, July 31, 2017 [NYTimes.com »]( Toma Vagner [On Campus]( [Dropping Out of College Into Life]( By RAINESFORD STAUFFER Leaving school after freshman year seemed like the ultimate failure. It ended up being the best thing to happen to my education. ADVERTISEMENT Trending on Social Brian Rea Popular on Facebook [During a Night of Casual Sex, Urgent Messages Go Unanswered]( By ANDREW RANNELLS On one of the most consequential evenings of his life, a young man still finding himself wishes he had picked up the phone.  Popular on Twitter [It’s Not Your Imagination. Summers Are Getting Hotter.]( By NADJA POPOVICH AND ADAM PEARCE Summer temperatures have shifted toward more extreme heat over the past several decades. HOW ARE WE DOING? We’d love your feedback on this newsletter. Please email thoughts and suggestions to [newsletters@nytimes.com](mailto:newsletters@nytimes.com?subject=The%20Edit%20Newsletter%20Feedback). Areas of Study Juliette Borda Food Science [Are You a Carboholic? Why Cutting Carbs Is So Tough]( By GARY TAUBES Eating a little of a tasty dessert doesn’t satisfy me — it creates a fierce craving to eat it all, and then some. Kiersten Essenpreis Gender Studies [Why Women Aren’t C.E.O.s, According to Women Who Almost Were]( By SUSAN CHIRA It’s not a pipeline problem. It’s about loneliness, competition and deeply rooted barriers. Getty Images Health Science [How Tattoos Might Affect Your Workout]( By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS The amount and saltiness of sweat changed in skin areas that had been dyed. [German military officers contemplating the English Channel.]( Getty Images History [What If Hitler Had Invaded Britain?]( By TIMOTHY EGAN The question of whether the swastika could have flown over the Thames is much more than Hollywood fiction. [Swearing can increase your ability to withstand pain, according to one study.]( Getty Images Linguistics [The Case for Cursing]( By KRISTIN WONG Profanity serves a physiological, emotional and social purpose — and it’s effective only because it’s inappropriate. [Burlington Center Mall in Burlington, N.J.]( Peter Garritano for The New York Times Media Studies [An Ode to Shopping Malls]( By STEVEN KURUTZ Farewell, pleasure palaces of days past. A filmmaker’s series chronicles a way of life as it reaches its end. ADVERTISEMENT [The right therapist is one you feel comfortable with, and can open up to.]( Getty Images Adulting [How to Find the Right Therapist]( By MARISSA MILLER To find The One, I needed to date around and swipe my way through therapists. Ruth Fremson/The New York Times ICYMI [I Am a Transgender Female Captain in the U.S. Army]( By JENNIFER SIMS Enabling soldiers to pursue their gender identity allows them to feel a part of the team, and be all they can be. Get more [NYTimes.com newsletters »]( | Get unlimited access to NYTimes.com and our NYTimes apps. [Subscribe »]( ABOUT THIS EMAIL You received this message because you signed up for NYTimes.com's The Edit newsletter. [Unsubscribe]( | [Manage Subscriptions]( | [Change Your Email]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Contact]( | [Advertise]( Copyright 2017 The New York Times Company 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018