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The Midpoint Review

advice on life pivots for midcareer millennials

By AJ Tibando

· Launched 2 years ago

Set a timer to outrun your fear.

If it works for Doechii it can work for you.

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It's been a minute.

The weather is warm and we're so back.

Jun 9•AJ Tibando

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Following your path, finding community, and "don't lose yourself" (with Sumi Shanmuganathan)

Some paths follow straight lines, others zig zag.

Jul 26, 2025•AJ Tibando

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Issue #5: Feeling like you fucked it all up

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Issue #6: From fired to free

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Issue #3: How to not turn into an apathetic old lady

Nov 2, 2024•AJ Tibando

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Issue #8: Killing, fast and slow.

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Issue #1: Choose your own adventure

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Issue #2: Half empty water glasses and a baseball bat on the wall.

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Recent posts

Navigating a late in life autism diagnosis and embracing "behaviour as communication" (with Kate Julien)

You can spend your whole life trying to figure out who you are - and just as long trying to understand why you are the way you are.

Jul 18, 2025•AJ Tibando

Set boundaries, embrace creativity and "go where you're needed" (with Lina Khatib)

“I am where I am needed.”

Jul 12, 2025•AJ Tibando and Lina Khatib

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Never waste a crisis, be the mentor you wish you had, and embrace the 2005 style comeback (with Jared Walker)

Sometimes you don’t know you’re entering midlife until a podcaster knocks on your door and invites you to be a guest on her show.

Jul 4, 2025•AJ Tibando

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"What's the point of all of this?", valuing time like we value money, and real life ponzi schemes (with Shannon Lee Simmons)

Author, speaker, financial advisor and all around lovely person Shannon Lee Simmons joins me on this episode to talk about her journey at the midpoint…

Jun 27, 2025•AJ Tibando and Shannon Lee Simmons

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"The adventure of moving to a new country just energized me" (w/ Rodrigo Borges)

Rodrigo Borges has done a lot in his life.

Jun 20, 2025•AJ Tibando

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"We don't have to accept the world as it is. We can reshape it." (with Tom Goldsmith)

Tom Goldsmith is a policy researcher, writer and one of the smartest people I know.

Jun 13, 2025•AJ Tibando and Tom Goldsmith

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