Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
CBS News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
2
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Same framing elsewhere
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
"Your Turn" is what she calls it – and here she is to explain what she means...
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she → call → what
If you're asking what's next in life, you're not alone.
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you → ask → life
Now, everything's changing – our relationships, our responsibilities – as our kids begin to launch.
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kids → change → ?
So, if life is lived in three chapters of learn, earn, retire, then it's time for us to start thinking about that third chapter.
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us → live → chapter
But I don't like the word retire, because it doesn't describe what this next stretch of life can be
When I was a teenager, I went to the Kentucky Derby.
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I → like → Derby
As I watched one horse that was stuck in the back of the pack suddenly make a bold move in the third turn and surge ahead to win the race, the fans loved it.
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fans → watch → it
My grandfather told me, "Allison, always watch the third turn.
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grandfather → tell → turn
There's something exciting and unexpected that happens here.
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that → be → ?
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"Why?" I asked.
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I → ask → ?
"Well, because when you can see the home stretch," he told me, "a sense of urgency arises.
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sense → see → urgency
With that in mind, I took a sabbatical from my day job – I called it a "curiosity tour" – and I set out to find people who've made bold third-turn pivots: A nurse who sings lead vocals in a band; a lawyer who opened a bookstore; a shy editor who took up improv in her 60s; a counselor who teaches Shake Your Soul dance.
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Soul → take → dance
Their stories reframe what's possible.
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what → reframe → ?
Research shows the best longevity hacks are not pills or products, but rather a sense of purpose, a sense of play.
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hacks → show → play
Creative pursuits, such as dancing, singing, painting, gardening, a love of literature or theatre, they don't just bring us joy; they appear to slow down aging.
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they → bring → aging
A recent study finds engaging with the arts is as powerful as exercise to slow aging.
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engaging → find → aging
Of course, exercise and diet matter.
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exercise → matter → ?
But the art of aging invites us to imagine a blank canvas and create something new, like the people I met on my curiosity tour who are revving up, not retiring.
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who → invite → tour
So, if you want to surge ahead in your third turn, rip up that old script of "learn, earn, retire."
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you → want → script
The new one is "learn, earn, return" – a return to the playful kid within.
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one → learn → kid
This is how to find midlife momentum.
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This → find → momentum
For more info:
- "Your Turn: How to Create a Midlife You Love" by Allison Aubrey (Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
See also:
- ("Sunday Morning")
- Ted Danson with 4 tips on aging creatively ("Sunday Morning")
- ("Sunday Morning")
- Meet the "grandfluencers" ("Sunday Morning")
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You → create → Morning
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