I defined for myself who I am and who I wanted to be. Once a marathon runner, she continues to rise before dawn for a 6-mile run with friends. She is deliberate about nurturing friendships. She is also adept at snowshoeing, cross country skiing and in-line skating. I make sure I'm doing some thing every day to feel physically alive.
Many people assume loss of vitality is a given.
But I feel more vital and alive now than I did in my 30s. I ve got more of a sense of who I am. Sage Cowles has reinvented herself more than once. The process started in her 50s, she says, when she began taking risks. Then I turned 65, and all these new things began opening up.