Turning 50 comes with mixed feelings: pride, surprise, a little disbelief. Some call it freedom, others a permission — to live more fully, to care less what others think, and to embrace the next chapter with confidence.
"Turning 50 can be difficult, sometimes dangerous, for women. The danger is in that blip that can come from the fact that you become invisible, and if you’re not careful and don’t embrace that, it can trip you up and you lose confidence." - Dawn French
"Only if the singularity hurries up and uploads me, I fear. Seven more novels and another 26 short stories would be ample. Would be great. I’d better get cracking." - David Mitchell
"I accept myself. I generally like myself. And I have a much better sense of who and what matters to me."
Bradley Tusk, 50 reflections at 50 -
“I shouted from the rooftops, ‘I AM 50!’ and even better, ‘I am 50 and fabulous!’"
Amy Sweezey, Growing Bolder
"If there’s one thing I’ve carried into this new chapter, it’s that being unapologetically you is an act of resistance. And at 50, I’ve earned the right to be as audacious as I want to be."
Aisha K. Staggers, Reflections on turning 50
"I feel lucky, so many people didn't get the chance to reach 50"
“I don’t want to go back to 25. I want to take the confidence of 50 and carry it forward.”
"There’s freedom in not caring so much what people think."
“For the first time in decades, I feel like I’m exactly where I should be.”