unanchored

During her time at university, Sif said she had felt "very unanchored" while she came to terms with her sexuality.

"For a data dependent Fed, this is not good news as they do not want to see consumer inflation expectations become unanchored, since historically it becomes increasingly difficult to reset consumer psychology towards a lower inflationary environment," Quincy Krosby, Chief Global Strategist for LPL Financial, said in a note following the latest Michigan survey.

But he did say, quoting Fed Chair Jerome Powell in a 2018 speech, that in some uncertain situations -- when there is a risk of a financial crisis, or when inflation expectations are at risk of becoming unanchored -- the cost of doing too little outweighs the cost of doing too much.

Unanchored in my surroundings, I begin to feel lightheaded; a dull ache develops behind my eyes.

These days, for every piece of the culture that made the shoreline or the tropical island a potentially dispiriting place to become unanchored — “The Beach” or “Lost” or even, heaven help us, “Gilligan’s Island” — there is a counterbalancing Buffett song right there to tell you that at the edge of the land you can find peace, or at least a chance at it.