F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote that there are no second acts in American Life. We don't have a "middle period" in which we may take time to appreciate our accomplishments, take stock of our talents, before we begin that slide into old age.
For better or worse, I have been given that second act. I'm 50 years old. I have managed to blow up my marriage, my career, my relationship with my children, and many of the people I once called friend.
So I am here to take stock. Maybe I will find redemption. Maybe I will just fade away into a cloud of indifference. Bear witness, if you wish.
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