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What a Long, Strange Trip it’s Been

What a Long, Strange Trip it’s Been
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Turning fifty feels so monumental that I've put pressure on myself to come up with something profound to say about it. I suppose a list of life lessons would be apt. Or maybe a retrospective that sums up the totality of half a century with some pithy one-liners wrapped in a witty little bow. Neither of those things appeal to me right now, though.

Roost | Part I | A Crisis at Midlife

Roost | Part I | A Crisis at Midlife
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I’d convinced myself I was “doing just fine” before my crisis really got its claws into me. I tried everything in my power to avoid admitting to myself that the life I'd been living was no longer serving me. That it was, in fact, causing me harm.  I likely would have continued on that way forever if I hadn’t had a legitimate crisis that almost broke me and forced me to reckon with the conflict between who I am and how I was living.