Someone asked me recently if I'd go back. High school. My 20s. Even my 30s.
No. Not for a second.
I've never wanted to go back — only forward. I just have to remember that on the days I'm standing in the mirror noticing things. The gray. The changes. The evidence of time doing what time does.
This is the chapter I'm in. And if I've learned anything, it's that the chapters I didn't want to leave always turned out to have something even better waiting on the other side.
This feels too good to keep to yourself.
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TODAY’S PICKS
THE FEATURE
What They Got Wrong About Midlife.
The midlife crisis has a reputation it doesn't deserve. What researchers actually found on the other side of this transition might surprise you.
THE REFLECTION
What Friendship Taught Me About Myself.
After moving to a new city in her mid-50s with no history, no built-in circle, no shortcuts — she discovered something unexpected about who she'd become.
THE WILDCARD
The House That Came in the Mail.
Before Amazon, Sears was shipping something far more ambitious than packages. Between 1908 and 1942, you could order an entire house from a catalog — and thousands of Americans did.
