Make a start We’re ever changing human beings living in an ever changing world. I believe that the call to something more never stops for us. Many of us, at midlife and beyond, continue to answer that call as we create something new for ourselves. I’m a big believer in the power and importance of …
I’m a long-time educator, but I eventually got to a point in my life where I no longer wanted to be in a classroom everyday. While I still enjoyed teaching, I wanted more. I wasn’t sure what would be next for me. I took some short-term positions for a while, so that I could explore …
During my 50’s I began to question our cultural notions about aging, loss and deterioration. I had people close to me just give up on life at this point in their own lives. Something within me knew that growing older shouldn’t be so dark and gloomy. So I began a quest to find what was …
My next thing is my business, right here online, on my website. Like many of you, I am super committed to my business, to doing all that I can to make it work, and to make it the best I possibly could. There are so many choices, so much wonderful technology, and such a …
Desire To Share Chances are the first inkling you had of a calling to do something new, or great, or different came to you in the form of a desire to share. You want the world and the people in it to be better in some way. Whatever shape your next thing takes, you are …
Make a Manifesto? At first, the idea of writing a midlife manifesto intimidated me. Not the writing part. I write all of the time, every morning, in fact. I’ve filled notebook after notebook and still do. But the “Voice” nudged me to tell myself, “I’m not there yet. I don’t want to get this wrong. It’s …
How do you view the continuum of life? I am changing. I accept my time left is much less than my time already lived. I realize my body will deteriorate and eventually die. But while that process goes on slowly (I hope) in the background, I challenge the accepted notions of life over 50 based …
There were hints that new possibilities awaited me. I didn’t stay in a job for long anymore. I was getting job interviews always, but job offers never. I had to answer yes when my husband asked, “Do you think that maybe it’s because you really don’t want the job?” I felt called to pursue my desire …