“Remember to make room for joy"and SPF.

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Jennifer Garnerand I were supposed to be talking aboutsunscreen.

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I told her the truth: I’m 29, and “thriving” hardly covers how I feel.

My close circle of friends nearing their 30th birthdays have felt the same way.

Garner says that turning 30 felt like “the biggest thing ever” at the time.

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Now in her fifties, she says each decade only gets better.

Garner said that with time, each year feels more like a gift than a ringing alarm.

“Tell all your friends that their 30sit just keeps getting better and better thirties are great.

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Fifties seem to be better than that,” she said.

“So keep your chin up, it’s all okay.”

Or, ‘Oh no,canI have kids?’

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And then it’s just a lot of stress.”

But she has a low-key, cost-freewellness ritualthat’s gotten her through.

“ensure you balance that out with some joy,” she recommended.

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“I grew up in a family that did take care of our skin,” Garner told me.

It shows in her radiant complexion decades later.

They’re two little additions that can make getting older better, day by day.

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But would I do it again?

The late pope spared no expense when it came to treating the infant prince in 2014.

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Skip the shampoos, glosses, and treatments.

\201cIts such a calming part of my night, that I sometimes have trouble staying awake.\201d

Just, wow.

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