Thank you for your wonderful insights. I have shared your article with many of the women in my circle and embark on the new year… with open hearts we are hopeful for change… Your six points will help guide our path for reNEWal

I would tell my younger self to talk to Hashem (G-d). This is something I discovered later in life, after listening to the cd's of Rabbi Shlomo Diamond of Deal, NJ. I've learnt to simply talk to Hashem, all the time. And it's changed my life. And I love Him so much! And it's so easy! I tell Him my problems, I thank Him, I ask Him for help...And He always comes through! Life always has its challenges but I feel like it's a totally different life with Him "by my side".
I learnt it because Rabbi Diamond, in one of his classes, suggests talking to Hashem, for 5 minutes every day, about one problem.

Have a happy 60th birthday.

Thank you for sharing could not have come out at a better time. Just what I needed for Elul.

adrienne, i'm also just a bit away from 60. i loved your list, but i'd add one thing. relationships--family--is paramount. other than the connection with the one above, it's the one connection that adds immeasurably, unquantifiably to one's life. make sure those connections are strong, enjoyable. you dont have to agree, or make the same decisions, but discussing the differences makes the bond stronger.
the first 6 on your list are enriching. but personal relationships (and if one needs to, work on mending some of them!!) are number one by me!

Golden advice, thank you Adrienne!

dont talk to yourself!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Thanks for sharing your insights - surely a gift to those of us who read your article (and can remember the points you touched on at opportune moments). You highlight GIVING -to others and to oneself. Nurturing the self is NOT OPTIONAL - it's MANDATORY, though we somehow don't always feel we have permission to do so (I don't know why - it's just how it seems to be for a lot of people, including myself). I wish you many nurturing, brilliant insights going forward...AM YISROEL CHAI!

As you get older time moves faster and you only have a very limited amount of time to do countless things before bed. Time and sleep are the enemy and the sooner this miserable charade of a world ends the better.

My mother gave me a bit of wisdom when I was very young and I have tried my best to practice it.
She said, "Roger, always be a gentleman, not only to women but men also. It will open doors for you that are not open to most people". I have found it to be true. I'm certain it also applies for ladies.
Roger in Fort Worth, Texas

I am much older than sixty, in fact I have children approaching that milestone but we all have things we would like to have done earlier. The main thing is to ensure that we keep learning and improving, we can't really tell our younger self so the trick is to look at what we really would like our future self to be and work in that direction.

OMG!! You and I have the very same life philosophy. Designing my future self gives me HOPE!! Thanks for sharing.

Why have we not kept in touch? Bracha

I will be 60 (G-d willing), next year, and your pearls of wisdom are appreciated.

Boy, have I learned a lot since I was 40! Here's the distilled version: The worst thing you can keep in your life is blame. Blaming anyone (including yourself) or any circumstance for anything in your life prevents you from solving your own problems and keeps you from living a happy, fulfilling life.
The best thing you can keep in your life is gratitude. If you count your blessings every day and realize that none of it can be taken for granted and no one is automatically entitled to anything in this life, you can see that the world abounds with beauty, love, and wonder, and all your challenges become surmountable, even if you have to work hard to overcome them..

Nice insights!