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[quote=Anonymous]Agree with the suggestion not to get caught up in DMV competitiveness -- not about houses, jewelry, cars, kids, etc.

Take care of your health and stay strong and fit.

Find one thing you love and do it for yourself -- gardening, learning a language, music, tennis, whatever makes you happy and feel good about yourself.

Volunteer as a family.

Nurture a few family traditions -- something as simple as having a picnic on the last day of school can become a memory that you all treasure.

Take care of your friendships -- you don't need a lot of friends, but having a few people you can laugh with and be honest with and lean on can mean a lot.

Treat your children with tenderness and show them unconditional love.  That gets harder to do as they get older, but it's even more important than when they were babies.

Appreciate your spouse and spend some time together.  Date night always felt too artificial to us, but we love the outdoors, so we would set aside time for a hike or even just for walking the dog.  And we love movies, so we would make it a regular thing to watch movies together -- old favorites were nice, but it was really fun to watch new films.  It helped us to remember that we could have fun together.     [/quote]

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