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Hi Nicole! I’m a newbie to all of this, but enthralled already. Your reflection on Gate 56 stopped me in my tracks - especially this line: “Because people don’t transform from spreadsheets… they transform from real stories.” Yes. That’s what I’ve been leaning into during this second half of life.

My husband and I retired early to slow travel the world, and writing has become the way I process it all - the past, the pivots, the places. Gate 56 feels like the perfect metaphor for what we’re experiencing: collecting stories, reframing old wounds, and offering them up in service of something bigger.

If you’re curious, I’d love to have you drop by.

https://substack.com/@thebenthalls/p/retired-roaming-and-rooted-welcome?r=5ci1ff&utm_medium=ios

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