In this episode, I sit with a card that asks me to notice the signs of aging—and it takes me somewhere deeper than wrinkles or birthdays. I explore what time has taught me about work, networks, class ceilings, and the uncomfortable truth that effort alone doesn’t always change the room you walk into.

I talk about the wisdom that only comes with age: slowing down before entering new spaces, reading the room, noticing how people move before deciding how I’ll move. And I name the other side of aging—the quiet, accumulating losses no one warns you about, the kind that only make sense when you look back across decades.

You’ll hear reflections across three generations: my mother in her 60s, my 19-year-old son stepping into adulthood, and me at 43, watching us all shift in real time. Even the objects in my life—my Cadillac, my old but faithful devices—carry their own stories about time, memory, and change.

Aging, in this conversation, becomes less about decline and more about perspective: knowing what matters, what to release, and what to protect.

I close with a preview of next week’s card, Defending and Defining, where I’ll explore the identities we inherit, the ones we outgrow, and the ones we choose.