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Closing the age gap

Closing the age gap

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Leslie Kern
Oct 28, 2024
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Tomorrow I turn 49. This means my 50th “birthday year” - 2025 - is fast approaching. 50 isn’t old, but it is definitely aging. And I’m starting to notice an age gap, not between myself and others, but between the way I see myself and what my age on paper seems to mean.

This gap feels like it’s getting wider. There’s my n…

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