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54 Things I Learned in my 54th Year: #50 – I’m Ready to Live Like A Grandma

October 15, 2023 by not your average mom 1 Comment

This past summer a country club pool director position opened up at a club about 35 minutes from my house, and I decided to give it a go. The club had cleaned out its entire pool staff, and not only was I was able to hand pick my lifeguard staff, but Kristofer and Ingrid were […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned Tagged With: back roads, grandparents, slowing down

54 Things I Learned in my 54th Year: #51 A Year In The Life is Spot On

September 27, 2023 by not your average mom 1 Comment

(this post is full of Gilmore Girls spoilers, so consider yourself warned) The first time I watched Gilmore Girls was five or six years ago with Ingrid. She was super into it for a while, but after Rory graduated from college she kind of lost interest, and she abandonded me for Grey’s Anatomy, so I […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned Tagged With: gilmore girls a year in the life, lorelai gilmore, rory gilmore

54 Things I Learned In My 54th Year: #52 The Climb

September 26, 2023 by not your average mom 4 Comments

I’ve spent my life chasing results, impatiently anticipating that one, final, magical achievement that would give me the admiration and confidence and validation and respect I believed would follow. Until this year, I had no idea how results-driven I was or how exhausting and impossible this way of thinking and living is. This constant pursuit […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned Tagged With: the climb, the journey not the destination

54 Things I Learned in my 54th Year: #53 The Mirror

September 21, 2023 by not your average mom 1 Comment

I remember when I was younger – like in my late teens – and my mom and I had just pulled into the parking lot of Caldor. My mom found a parking spot and as she was getting out of the car she caught a glimpse of her reflection and said “I haven’t even looked […]

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54 Things I Learned In My 54th Year: #54 Perspective

September 20, 2023 by not your average mom 2 Comments

I turned 54 two days ago. My 54th year was not easy. In fact, in all of my years, this past one might have been the most challenging. If year 54 isn’t at the very top of the Hardest Years Of My Life List, it’s in the Top 3. I wouldn’t say I’m sailing in […]

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Ten Years From Now Your Results Will Be Irrelevant

May 8, 2023 by not your average mom 2 Comments

Do you know who held your high school’s record in the 500 free when you were a senior? Probably not. And unless you’re familiar with competitive swimming, there’s a really good chance you have no idea what the heck a 500 free even is (it’s 500 yards freestyle – 20 lengths of the pool). Do […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned Tagged With: focusing on results, results

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