HeyJaredMIDLIFE BY DESIGN: CURATING YOUR NEXT CHAPTER
For the woman who has outgrown a version of herself and isn't quite sure who she's becoming yet. This is where she figures it out.
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The Midlife Edit | 1 October 2026 (opens the original)
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Hi, 😊There is a question that can arrive quietly in midlife; not necessarily because anything is terribly wrong, but because sometimes your life is perfectly functional. You are working, parenting, caring, managing, showing up, getting things done. And yet, somewhere underneath all of it, you find yourself wondering, “Is this really how I want to spend the next chapter of my life?”I think we can be so accustomed to coping that we forget we are allowed to choose.We inherit ideas about what a succ
The Midlife Edit | 30 September 2026 (opens the original)
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Hi, 😊And here we are. The end of September. Another month lived. Some things changed, and some didn’t. Perhaps you kept promises to yourself, and perhaps you didn’t. Perhaps you learned something, and perhaps you simply got through a difficult week.It all counts.I’ve been thinking about this idea of becoming throughout the month, and I keep coming back to the same truth:Maybe becoming isn’t about creating a completely new woman.Maybe it is about remembering. Remembering what you love, what matte
The Ordinary Days Are the Life #MidlifeByDesignNotByDefaultMonth (opens the original)
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This article closes Midlife by Design, Not by Default Month, an annual September observance founded in 2026 for women who are choosing, one ordinary day at a time, to design their next chapter on purpose. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="251" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nHYz!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl
The Midlife Edit | 29 September 2026 (opens the original)
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Hi, 😊Not impressive, enviable, or perfectly optimised, but good. A life where your mornings don’t immediately fill you with dread. A home you enjoy returning to. People you can be yourself around. Work that doesn’t consume every piece of you. Enough money to breathe. A body you are learning to care for. Time to do things simply because you enjoy them. Space to think, rest, change your mind, become.We can become so accustomed to managing life that we forget to ask whether the life we’re managing
The Midlife Edit | 28 September 2026 (opens the original)
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Hi, 😊I think we sometimes save our attention for the dramatic moments: the holiday, birthday, big meeting, milestone, new beginning.But most of life happens in between. In kitchens, cars, supermarkets, sofas, morning walks, phone calls, little errands, weekday dinners — the ordinary rhythm of being alive.And perhaps there is something sacred about paying attention to that. Really tasting your food. Listening when someone tells you a story. Noticing the sky. Feeling the water on your skin. Taking
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