HeyJaredAMID LIFE with Catherine Palmer
Personal essays and updates from a recovering corporate marketer on a quest to build a purposeful, creative life in Vermont. Spoiler: life is not a Hallmark movie.
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Amid Life September Round Up (opens the original)
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AMID LIFE is a newsletter featuring personal essays and researched opinions, written by a post-menopausal, post-corporate, serial reinventor (me). Every month I send a link-filled round-up (like this one!) of bullshit I’m not putting up with anymore, along with ideas and recommendations to inspire. 👍🏻👎🏻Subscribe for free and join this weekly conversation between friends who are amid the ongoing project of reclaiming ourselves in midlife. September is the best month. Cool nights, w
How to balance risk and reward (opens the original)
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Once a year, I get a free 45-minute consultation with a financial advisor as part of my (former) employer 401K plan. To prepare, I was asked to complete a brief online questionnaire. I typed in the basics:Retirement date: Depends on how you define it. I see retirement on a spectrum ranging from ‘no longer working for the man’ to ‘completely devoid of purpose.’ I jotted this down as a question to ask.Income: $0 I’m writing a book, you see, and this year is the final push.Estimated Social Security
The endearments of old age (opens the original)
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I got “hon ’ed the other day. Hon’ed in the Gap. As in, “that’s alright, hon” when I handed the cashier my credit card instead of tapping it on the POS device.Hon’ed on the same day I met with the orthopedic surgeon and agreed I needed a hip replacement (after 2 years of denial).Hon’ed by a millennial. In the Gap. But what did I expect? I was shopping a brand that targets ages 25-34.AMID LIFE is a newsletter between friends. ❤
Cut, Correct, Copy: August Midlife Edit (opens the original)
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AMID LIFE is a newsletter featuring personal essays and researched opinions, written by a post-menopausal, post-corporate, serial reinventor (me). Every month I send a link-filled round-up (like this one!) of bullshit I’m not putting up with anymore, along with ideas and recommendations to inspire. 👍🏻👎🏻Subscribe for free and join this weekly conversation between friends who are amid the ongoing project of reclaiming ourselves in midlife. I’m wearing flip-flops and driving wi
A Meditation for Women Who Do Too Much (opens the original)
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Surely, I owned this book: Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much by Anne Wilson Schaef. There. I spotted the pink illustrated hardcover on my bookshelf, exactly as I remembered it. That I was not wearing my glasses, and I can’t remember what I had for dinner last night, is your clue to the next paragraph.Your subscription is free and helps me grow my newsletter audience.<input class="email-input" name="email" tabindex="-1" type="em
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