Musings on Life, with a Dash of Inspiration
50 days to 50
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50 Days to 50: Head First (Day 0 of 50)
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≻: 50 Days to 50: Head First (Day 0 of 50)I am 50. And today, I learned to dive. Not metaphorically. Literally, head first, into a swimming pool, with the…
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50 Days to 50: The Night Before (Day 1 of 50)
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≻: 50 Days to 50: The Night Before (Day 1 of 50)Tomorrow I turn fifty. Tonight I am still forty-nine, which is a much thinner difference than the last forty-nine posts…
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50 Days to 50: What I Still Do Not Know (Day 2 of 50)
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≻: 50 Days to 50: What I Still Do Not Know (Day 2 of 50)The open questions are not the gap before the life. They are the life. Some people move through the world…
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50 Days to 50: The Career I Tried Hard Not to Have (Day 3 of 50)
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≻: 50 Days to 50: The Career I Tried Hard Not to Have (Day 3 of 50)We resist labels far more than we resist the work itself. I have been wearing mine since 2002. It fits…
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50 Days to 50: The Last Day of the Last Month (Day 4 of 50)
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≻: 50 Days to 50: The Last Day of the Last Month (Day 4 of 50)Nothing about today is remarkable. That is the most remarkable thing about it. Today is Wednesday. I am going to…
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50 Days to 50: A Letter to the Girl Who Was Twenty (Day 5 of 50)
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≻: 50 Days to 50: A Letter to the Girl Who Was Twenty (Day 5 of 50)You are not behind. There is no schedule. The feeling was never about the achievements. It was about the audience.…
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50 Days to 50: My Kind of People (Day 6 of 50)
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≻: 50 Days to 50: My Kind of People (Day 6 of 50)Morals, self-awareness, big heart, common sense, empathy. Not a quote. A job description for the people I want in my…
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50 Days to 50: Shame Is a Compass, Not a Cage (Day 7 of 50)
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≻: 50 Days to 50: Shame Is a Compass, Not a Cage (Day 7 of 50)Shame is a compass, not a cage. Anyone who needs you ashamed in order to love you is not asking…
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50 Days to 50: Honoring the Body That Carried Me Here (Day 8 of 50)
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≻: 50 Days to 50: Honoring the Body That Carried Me Here (Day 8 of 50)This body has already summited two mountains and carried three children into the world. I would like to give it…
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50 Days to 50: Aspirations on the Wall, Goals on the Calendar (Day 9 of 50)
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≻: 50 Days to 50: Aspirations on the Wall, Goals on the Calendar (Day 9 of 50)Aspirations on the wall, goals on the calendar. Look at the wall when you need to remember why you are…