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Most women have learned a great deal about how to set goals for our First Adulthood and how to roll with the punches when we hit a rough passage. But we're less prepared for our Second Adulthood as we approach life after retirement, where there are no fixed entrances or exits, and lots of sand into which it is easy to bury our heads.
— Gail Sheehy
Tags: goals, great, women, life

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Married at 23, a mother at 24, and blindsided by divorce at 28, I found myself struggling, like many young women I meet today, to strike a balance between my personal life and my career.
— Gail Sheehy
Tags: today, myself, women, life
No one can control the aging process or the trajectory of illness.
— Gail Sheehy
Tags: illness, process, control, aging
We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse.
— Gail Sheehy
Tags: chance, feel, fear, me
I found the happiest woman in America is between 50 and 55, is happily married, has made significant progress in her career, and lives in a community where she can easily exercise outside. But the most important single thing was she had her last child before she was 35.
— Gail Sheehy
Tags: important, progress, community, woman
I actually like getting out of my comfort zone. It shakes me up.
— Gail Sheehy
Tags: comfort-zone, comfort, like, me
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