Allowing Sadness Without Guilt: Why I Let Myself Feel Sad Exploring sadness: Why I let myself feel sad, and the mental & physical benefits of allowing sadness in your life without any guilt.

“Allowing yourself to feel sadness is an act of rebellion in a world that rewards fake happiness.”

Blue Monday 2026 is a good day to revisit this post:
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#BlueMonday #MentalHealth #AllowSadness #ToxicPositivity #FeelingYourFeelings #Authenticity #MidlifeReflections

Life is What Happens: A Look Back at My Non-Existent 2025 Vision Life is what happens when you aren’t making plans. A personal look back at family milestones, unexpected wins, and finding growth in a slow-moving year.

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Notes From the Obituary Draft Folder Spooky season brings a question: am I living a life that writes its own obituary? From Warren Buffett to Armani, I explore the drafts we leave behind.

This week’s Is This It? is about how quickly the days blur into years—and what that means for the way we measure our lives.

👉 Read here: isthisitnewsletter.beehiiv.com/p/notes-from...

#IsThisIt #WritingLife #MidlifeReflections #ModernParenting #CareerPivots

Not One of Them Had Kids We said we wanted children. We lived like we didn’t. Now we’re in our 50s — and it’s clear.

New on Substack:
Not One of Them Had Kids
We said we wanted children. We lived like we didn’t. Now we’re in our 50s—and it’s clear.

A reflection on the life I built without children, and the men who did the same.

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#ChildfreeNotLess #MidlifeReflections

I Knew That Guy in the Obituary His name hit harder than I expected

I Knew That Guy in the Obituary
Hook: We weren’t close. But seeing his name broke me.
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Hashtags: #Grief #MicroGrief #ObituaryEssay #MidlifeReflections #WritingThroughLoss

They Don’t Teach Teachers How to Leave What happens when the lesson plan ends, but the identity doesn’t?

They trained us how to teach. But not how to walk away when the job took everything.
🏫 They Don’t Teach Teachers How to Leave
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#TeacherBurnout #EducationReform #LeavingTeaching #CareerChange #MidlifeReflections

7 Japanese Words That Perfectly Describe My Midlife Crisis And at least three of them quietly insult me.

Midlife crisis?
Nah. Just seven perfect Japanese words.
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#MidlifeReflections #JapaneseCulture #WordNerd #LanguageLove #SlowTravel

"TV host Gabby Logan, 51, shares insights on embracing midlife challenges and aging gracefully. " #MidlifeReflections https://fefd.link/i3z7G

What it’s like to be a designer at 40 Notes of a (maybe dirty, yet not so old) designer

"​I realized I’m approaching my 20th anniversary in this field, which sounds a bit strange to say."
UX Collective

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#DesignCareer #MidlifeReflections #UXDesign #CareerGrowth #DesignJourney