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Growing Older Means Checking In
Sometimes, the greatest act of self-care isn’t a spa day or a holiday. It’s making the appointment we’ve been postponing. I kept postponing my health check-up. Every time someone reminded me to see a doctor, I had the same answer. “I’ll be fine.” “I’m just tired.” “I’ll go next month.” The truth was, I always found a reason not to go. Work was busy. Life was busy. There was always something more urgent than taking care of myself. If I’m honest, there was another reason too. I was afraid. Afraid of hearing something I didn’t want to hear. Afraid that a routine check-up might uncover a health problem that would…