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You’ve simplified. Planned. Acted. Connected.

Now — what if you actually went somewhere?

Did something?

Said yes to the thing that’s been quietly calling you?

In this episode, Monique explores why solo travel over 50 can be so much more than a holiday. Research suggests novelty changes how we experience time, which means the antidote to feeling life rush past may not be a mid-life crisis. It might just be a Tuesday afternoon somewhere you’ve never been.

Less Eat Pray Love. More Shirley Valentine. Minus the Greek love affair.

Reader stories, the 52 Yeses concept, running away lite, why a tiny trip counts just as much as a plane ticket, and why the U-curve of life satisfaction suggests many of us are already climbing the good side.

For women who have done everything for everyone else and are starting to wonder, very reasonably:

What about my life?

Season Four is coming.

But first — go explore something. Anything.

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• Setting Boundaries That Stick - checklist
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