Riding the waves

I just turned 40 and recently wrote an essay about what my thirties felt like, and what I learned. Here's an excerpt: "Sometimes in your thirties you have to course correct, change your why, flip the script. Sometimes you’re too scared to do anything and you just white-knuckle it, hoping that things sort themselves out. You learn a lot about yourself in moments of being stuck. And all of that is okay. Because no matter which road you choose, you will struggle. And all forks feel like failure s...