Lauren Sánchez says she never thought she would have so much to look forward to in her life after turning 50.Michael Buckner/WWD via Getty ImagesLauren Sánchez, 54, says she never expected to have so much to look forward to in life after turning 50."When I was 20, I thought, 'Oh my gosh, life is over at 50,'" she said on the "Today" show.Apart from her wedding to Jeff Bezos, Sánchez also has a space flight to look forward to.These days, Lauren Sánchez, 54, thinks that growing older is a gift.During a "Today" show interview on Wednesday, Sánchez told hosts Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie that she never thought she would have so much to look forward to at this point in her life."I never thought at 54 — I'm going to be 55 — that I'd be an author, that I'd be getting married.