I’ve spent much of my life around death. I just never expected to get quite so close to my own.
A few years ago, I underwent a seven-hour operation to replace my thoracic and ascending aorta. It changed the way I think about time, mortality, work, and what the second half of life is actually for. Memento mori stopped being philosophy and became something much more personal.
In this episode, I’m going to tell you what happened, what changed afterward, and why I believe the second half of life shouldn’t simply be a continuation of the first.
And if you’re somewhere in that transition yourself, rebuilding your health, your work, your relationships, or simply deciding what the hell comes next, I created Second Peak for people like us.
Come join the community. The first peak got you here. Now let’s build the second one.
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