Reflections on turning 14,609 days old

Atiaf Alwazir
Nov 7 · 8 min read

“Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research.” — Carl G. Jung

I lied about my age many times, sometimes purposefully but other times unintentionally.

Up until last year, when people asked me how old I was, I often froze. It wasn’t an answer that came naturally to me. Once I was off by three years, I only realized it when my husband…

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Atiaf Alwazir

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