Designing your days — Finding something to look forward to
A friend told me recently, half laughing and half puzzled, “I seem to be very busy these days… but I’m not sure with what.” It’s a sentence I’ve heard in different forms from many people who have stepped away from full-time work. The calendar is no longer crowded with meetings, yet the days somehow get […]
Rethinking Relationships That Matter
If someone were to ask me what the most invisible crisis after 50 is, I wouldn’t say health or money. I’d say relationships. Not the dramatic, movie-like kind. But the quiet kind. The kind that makes you feel like you are slowly fading out of other people’s lives. In your 50s and 60s, life rearranges […]
What Really Matters Now?
Somewhere after 50, something begins to shift. Not in a dramatic, falling-apart kind of way. It’s quieter than that. More like a pause. A gentle moment where you look around and start asking yourself different questions. You’ve done the building, the striving, the making-things-happen. And now, a new voice is emerging. One that’s not chasing […]