We get moving so fast that we just plow things that we should be appreciating along the way. De-clutter your busy and pick the things that will make you productive and enjoy your days.

Woman juggling all of the things she has to do with exasperated look on her face. Text "Sick of busy?" "Getting Nothing Done?"

Life is too long to stop learning in our midlife. Culture and our surroundings will never be frozen in time. The days will pass, the years will slide by, and the world will change. And when the world changes, we need to change.

Test - Say Yes to lifelong learning. Man with a dog teaching him a new trick with a hoop

What we need at this time in our relationships is face time. Not necessarily talk time, although that is great too. But as we are growing our careers and raising kids, real face time can be ignored or sacrificed for everything else.

Graphic of two people holding hands with the text "Connecting in midlife"

Squirrels are relentless. They don’t stop until they find a way to get what they want. Sometimes they will even risk it all and hurl themselves through the air to get to that feeder. Watching them never give up is really quite amazing. How do we get some of that?

Squirrel staring at you with a lot of confidence. Text - Be the squirrel. Don't give up.