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The Sunday Best: Thirty-Nine

05.30.21

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Abra Belke
May 30, 2021
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Yesterday was my 39th birthday.

You plan for 18, 21, 30, maybe 35, and 40. Who thinks about who they want to be when they’re 39? But I read somewhere that ages that end in ‘9’ tend to be transformative. So I’m going to work hard to make the most of this one.

But let’s talk about nine things that I learned in my thirties that are worth repeating.

1) Th…

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