01/15/2026
I turned 50 on Sunday.
First, thank you. Truly. So many of you shared the kindest messages, and it
But, the night before my birthday, I was kind of freaking out. I didn’t want to be 50. What does that even mean? I don’t feel like I’m at a stage in my life where being 50 feels comfortable yet.
When I said this to my dad, he looked at me and said, “You’ve been 50 all year.”
I was annoyed for about half a second and then realized he wasn’t wrong. I spent my whole 49th year saying, “I’m almost 50.”
And then I woke up on Sunday and realized… nothing was different. I was the same person I was the night before. And 50 suddenly didn’t feel so terrible.
It was such a clear reminder of how easy it is to live ahead of our lives...stuck in stories about what’s coming and miss what’s actually here.
Even though I teach this stuff all the time, I still need to practice it myself.
If you’ve ever caught yourself doing something similar — living in the “almost” instead of the moment you’re actually in, I’d love to hear about it
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