A while ago I stopped by Bed, Bath & Beyond to pick up a vacuum filter. It was all I needed that day, the one and only thing on my list. Still, I managed to arrive at the checkout with a cart full of stuff. Specifically a bunch of 400 thread-count Egyptian cotton sheets that I convinced myself would never, ever, go on sale again. I hate this lingering impulsiveness...
There’s so much noise around turning 50. Does one deny being a half-century old? Embrace the achievement? Fight like the devil to turn back the clock? Without question, this age instigates a new chapter with bigger stakes and a growing sense of urgency. Given our youth-obsessed culture and my own compulsion to stay young, I wondered how honestly I could write about this milestone. Fifty on Fifty is my experiment.
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