For any of you wondering why I’m writing on this subject, I’ll simply say that my law practice peaked when I was in my 50s. I worked really hard. loved every minute of it, made more money than I had ever dreamed was possible and enjoyed both my clients and the lawyers who worked with me.
If I shared with you all the reasons I am proof it would be my longest blog post ever. Instead, I’m writing, not to share my late in life story with you, but to simply suggest I know most of you are late 30s, 40s, or 50s. Go after it while you can.
It seems a long time ago now, but in those days I was up at 4:30, coffee in hand at 4:45, at Cooper Aerobics in Dallas at 5:00 when it opened. I usually RAN 3-5 miles with a goal of 8 minute miles. (I capitalized that just for the fondness of being able to do it). I worked out afterwards and was usually at my desk by 7:30.
Nancy and I joined a Fort Worth workout facility which we had been a member on Labor Day. Rejoining this facility we get a free trainer assessment to set up the best workout program for us. I filled out the one page form, until I got to two a line asking me to list all of my surgeries. There wasn’t enough room on the page for the surgeries I’ve had in 2024, much less those just since 2022 when I had both Cancer surgery and disc replacement surgery in my neck.
I saw numerous articles about the same study during August, just last month.
For our purposes here I’ll send this link to the Stanford Medicine article: Massive biomolecular shifts occur in our 40s and 60s, Stanford Medicine researchers find.
Here is the opening pargaraph:
If it’s ever felt like everything in your body is breaking down at once, that might not be your imagination. A new Stanford Medicine study shows that many of our molecules and microorganisms dramatically rise or fall in number during our 40s and 60s.
I recommend reading the article.
I don’t remember many shifts in my health in my forties. I don’t remember many in my sixtie’s except for one time when I took the train from the Philadelphia airport to Central City. I got off at this one exit and I had to walk up the stairs with both my suitcase and my briefcase. I struggled (later that year my had a hip replacement on my right hip). Finally, a guy probably in his 50s asked if he could help me. I thought maybe for the first time that I was on the backside of the aging curve. I suppose the study suggests it’s not a curve.
Well, I’m 77 now. My major health changes took place in the last three years. I mention that because on LinkedIn I saw recently that one of my friends had been with his law firm in Roanoke, VA for over 50 years, and another friend had been with the same law firm in Roanoke. VA for 45 years. That’s amazing.
