of one's life
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Memoir is challenging for many reasons, with the decision of how much intricate detail of one’s life and work to include at the top of that list.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026
His work has popularized the term healthspan—the years of one’s life when physical and mental abilities are still sharp, before disability or disease settles in—and the goal to maximize this period.
From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2026
The Collins team have defined it as "a period of one's life or career that is of a distinctive character".
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2024
“Part of it is a kind of faith and hope and trust that a new version of one’s life, household, family not only is possible but can be filled with beauty,” she said.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2024
One of Freud’s closest friends, a surgeon named Wilhelm Fliess, invented biorhythmic analysis, a practice based on the notion that various aspects of one’s life follow rigid periodic cycles which begin at birth.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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