In short, imagine it’s your last year of life, as well as of work. On the Sunday afternoon before the first day of each month, contemplate these questions: If I had one year left in my career and my life, how would I structure this coming month? What would be on my to-do list? What would I choose not to worry about? I am willing to guess that “taki

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“What if instead of seeing aging as something to defeat and conquer, we were to embrace what gets better with age, and work to amplify these joys while mitigating the losses of youth?”

I remind myself that I am living a life that my great-grandmother (and before) could only dream of — I am financially independent; I have a career; I own my own home; I have a wide circle of dear friends. And aging — despite the attendant medical hiccups - has proven to be a wonder. I am aging into compassion; aging into grace. This is not a thing ... See more