I turned a significant age this year, 65, and am celebrating the entire year. If life is a wardrobe, I am going through what I have been hanging onto for years, keeping the classics, removing the tattered, and rehoming the still wearable, well-loved pieces. I’m of an age where I don’t need a lot of flashy new things; plus, I’m creative and like to design and make my own way both in my wardrobe and in my life.

Big life changes—at work and at home—are a great time to consider what to keep doing , what to start doing, and what to stop doing.

Here I could begin to spout cliches about life changes, but won’t. There are so many in front of us every day on social media, at work, on gift shop coffee cups., on post-it notes tacked to mirrors and computer screens, and elsewhere. They can be initially motivating but we quickly grow blind to the slogans.

Instead, I will direct you to a humorous piece I wrote for McSweeney’s that really says it all. https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/recycle-your-dreams. I hope you read and enjoy and get started on your own life recycling!