In today’s youth-obsessed world, you can’t walk out your front door without running into something that knocks your self-esteem down. While mainstream culture continues to obsess over the one thing they can’t hold on to forever — youth — we’re busy sharing ways to celebrate the journey of your own life without fear of the future.

Today, I have some advice I’ve gleaned from chatting with various friends, mentors, and women who have refused to let society tell them to fade into the background, written in a series of affirmations you can adopt (or rewrite completely) for your own life. You get to decide how you age— no one else.

What advice do you have?

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