08/20/2026
What’s different about midlife?
Last night I went to a Noah Kahan concert at Chase Field in downtown Phoenix and had an absolutely wonderful time. But if you know traffic in Phoenix after a concert with 50,000 fans - you know I got home late.
Today, I am tired. I’ve had to rearrange some priorities. My body does not bounce back from two hours of sleep the way it once did, and apparently enthusiasm is not a substitute for rest.
But I keep thinking that this is part of what midlife has taught me: pay attention to what matters and have a flexible plan.
That’s true of my calendar, the way I treat my body, and it's true of estate planning too!
A good estate plan isn’t really about preparing for death. It’s about looking honestly at your life now, your people, your responsibilities, your resources, the things you want to protect, and making intentional choices while you are thinking clearly.
Midlife has made me much more aware that time and energy are not unlimited. That doesn’t make me want to do less with my life. It makes me want to be more deliberate about what gets a place in it.
Sometimes that means going to the concert even thought the next day will be a little rough. Sometimes it means a very early bedtime.
And sometimes it means finally making the hard decisions about your estate plan that you know you need to make.
What’s different for you about midlife?
