There are many possible lives we could live but the use of Plath’s fig analogy to explore this idea is not quite right.

I was 17 when I first read "The Fig Tree" by Sylvia Plath. I was just about to graduate school and begin my life. My mind was overflowing with ideas, countries, and careers I wanted to pursue.

Sylvia Plath would have been 90 years old if she was still alive today. How much more could she have done with all of that time? Here’s to you, Sylvia, and your fig tree.

There are countless things to see, to be, to do — it often feels like one lifetime is not enough. The comments on this TikTok, and the countless ones that followed — including users sharing their own ...