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Mark Starlin's avatar

Like it or not, we all get older. And we have to embrace it (or at least accept it) and adapt. I think I got more interesting as a person after I hit 50. I certainly have more free time. I have also learned that trying to do too much is not healthy. I had to, and keep having to let things go. It is hard, but freeing afterwards. I just quit a band I had been in for 12 years. It had gotten old and I wasn’t enjoying it anymore. So I left. Now I can focus on a newer band that is taking off and I am enjoying. I have cut back on writing, because it was feeling like more of an obligation than something I want to do. I keep trying to simplify my life so I can enjoy the good things instead of being busy. Best wishes.

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Carol May's avatar

About halfway through your essay, you give us a couple changes that you’ve made successfully. That’s where you should be focusing. Celebrate what’s working and build out from there. Things that haven’t been working probably aren’t going to, and all you’ll do is get down on yourself. Glass half full!

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