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Early last year, I realized that I would be 50 years old by the end of 2020. With a positive twist instead of a cliché mid-life crisis, I made a list of things I wanted to do before this half-century mark.
This list consisted of fun activities, physical and mental exercises, simplifying possessions, journaling, taking trips and finding ways to stretch out of my comfort zone. I started off by going to Georgia with my dog to hike.
Each day I jumped rope, walked and read a chapter of 50 life lessons. I finally took tennis lessons, biked the Hawthorne trail, kayaked at night and even went skydiving. I called it my “Fifty Days to Fifty.”