The 40-Year-Old Verdict

Over 40. It has its benefits. Big Benefits. You realize how much time you wasted criticizing your looks, your manners, your bad days, your moods, your choices, your relationships, your family, your mistakes.

All that time regretting, picking on yourself, and feeling bad about your skin, legs, stomach, and toes, was time not spent noticing

How perfect your 20-year-old skin is;
How lush your 30-year-old hair looks;
How wonderful your friends are;
How, from a distance, your family is quite normal;

Wisdom is knowing that the Greeks prized long middle toes. And so do I.

The best things about over 40 are small acceptances that add up to loving yourself.


The Big Benefit, is finally knowing that you have always been da bomb.