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Time’s almost up on the life I really want

STYLIST’S COLUMNIST BILLIE BHATIA shares what’s on her mind this month

There are few things in life I am truly certain of: McDonald’s is always a better idea than in reality; nothing good happens after 2am; chocolate belongs in the fridge and time seems to go faster the older you get. At 33, time is clocking in at ‘terrifying’ on the speedometer. The more I push my foot down on the brake to halt it, the further.” My friend said I was being ridiculous, that we both had plenty of time. But his body clock wasn’t ticking at the same speed as mine. He potentially had decades to start a family, while I was looking at a handful of years.

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