Personal - Life and DIY https://lifeanddiy.com Biohacking Experiments for the Infinitely Curious Wed, 14 Oct 2026 22:10:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://lifeanddiy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/faviconcurrent-250x250.png Personal - Life and DIY https://lifeanddiy.com 32 32 Starting Over at 43 - Why Staying Feels Harder than Leaving https://lifeanddiy.com/starting-over-any-age/ https://lifeanddiy.com/starting-over-any-age/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2025 15:40:34 +0000 https://lifeanddiy.com/?p=9254 At 43, I chose to start over. This is the honest story behind that decision and the reasons I'll be moving to Japan in the near future.

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