Month: September 2026
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I Want My World to Get Bigger as I Get Older
Last Updated on September 27, 2026 by Michelle I realised something about the life I want ten years from now. I want it to be bigger than my life today. Not a bigger house. Not a bigger bank account. Not a bigger title. A bigger world. I want to know people I don’t know today.… Read more
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Contentment With Today. Anticipation for Tomorrow.
Last Updated on September 25, 2026 by Michelle I am 48. Recently, I have been spending a lot of time thinking about the person I want to become. At first, I imagined myself at 70. What would an ordinary Tuesday look like? I wrote about it in the past week. Would I still be healthy… Read more
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Choose What Rewards You Twice: Once Today, and Again in the Future
Last Updated on September 24, 2026 by Michelle I am writing this while on vacation in Ho Chi Minh City. It is late morning, and I am sitting with my husband at Opera, the restaurant inside Park Hyatt Saigon. Loving the space and totally enjoying my time here. This is one of my favourite hotels.… Read more
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Meet Your 70-Year-Old Self. Then Spend the Next 20 Years Becoming Her.
Last Updated on September 20, 2026 by Michelle We are living longer. And I’m not sure our idea of how to live has caught up. For much of our lives, there is a fairly clear path in front of us. We go to school. We get a job. We build a career. Some of us… Read more
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The Most Important Question I Ask My Aging Parents: When Are You Happiest?
Last Updated on September 6, 2026 by Michelle Yesterday, I had one of the best conversations I have had in a while. It lasted about seven minutes. My father-in-law was in hospital, and I had gone to visit him with my son. The hospital has a two-visitors-per-slot policy, so for that little window of time,… Read more
