find oneself
idiom
: to learn what one truly values and wants in life
He left school and traveled to Europe, saying that he wanted to find himself.
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And that, in the end, might be exactly what Generation AI needs the most, beyond large language models: a space to unplug; a space to think, to find oneself; a space to strengthen those muscles of focus.
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Michael Serazio, Time, 28 May 2025
To find oneself in just the right place at just the right time may be awe-inducing all by itself.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2024
To read these books is to find oneself asking what constitutes a happy ending when order cannot be restored.
—Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021
Ross: To find oneself here is pretty psychedelic, especially after this year.
—Billboard Staff, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2021
In this pungent and beautifully observed film, the most completely satisfying of this and many another year, life is fascinating, tender, hilarious, catastrophic, healing, warm and, in the main, a faintly absurd predicament in which to find oneself.
—Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
This journey to find oneself, however, certainly sped up last year for Droney, who even returned to that same childhood basement to record a few vocals for his album.
—Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com, 18 May 2021
So to find oneself here is pretty psychedelic, especially after this year.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Mar. 2021
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Michael Serazio, Time, 28 May 2025
To find oneself in just the right place at just the right time may be awe-inducing all by itself.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2024
To read these books is to find oneself asking what constitutes a happy ending when order cannot be restored.
—Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021
Ross: To find oneself here is pretty psychedelic, especially after this year.
—Billboard Staff, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2021
In this pungent and beautifully observed film, the most completely satisfying of this and many another year, life is fascinating, tender, hilarious, catastrophic, healing, warm and, in the main, a faintly absurd predicament in which to find oneself.
—Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
This journey to find oneself, however, certainly sped up last year for Droney, who even returned to that same childhood basement to record a few vocals for his album.
—Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com, 18 May 2021
So to find oneself here is pretty psychedelic, especially after this year.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Mar. 2021
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“Find oneself.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/find%20oneself. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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