Why Selling My House Started My Second Act
Homeownership. It’s part of the American Dream. Buy a house. Have the freedom to do whatever you want with it. I’ll admit I like the idea. I even fell for it back when we were first married. Our first purchase was a townhome. It was back in the 90s foreclosure era and...
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This Is The One Thing That’s Missing, and We’ve Tried To Take It Out Of Our Lives For Good. Hint: It’s The Only Way To Reinvent This Year
My daughter recently graduated from college. I’ve been through “the system.” And we didn’t come out unscathed. I sent my daughter to one of the best schools in Colorado. Even as a public high school, it was ranked in the top three in the state - along with a couple of...
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7 Questions To Help You Reinvent Yourself This Year
I have a love/hate relationship with this time of the year. It’s one of my favorite times - the lights, the music, spending time with friends and family. And then there are the emails. Every single blog I follow sends out their annual - My 10 Most Popular Posts. Ugh....
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Bioidentical Hormones and Other Random Thoughts About Midlife Health
I wasn’t one to think much about menopause. In fact, I kind of adhered to the “out of sight, out of mind” philosophy. I didn’t think I had any of the “normal” symptoms, so why think about it at all?! As I moved through my 40s, I started noticing changes. I was tired....
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It’s the Journey, Not The Destination: Settling In On My Word of the Year for 2019
At the start of 2018, I had a huge to-do list. My goal was to get out a book every month. Between my fiction and nonfiction, I mapped out a plan to make that process doable. So I settled in to write. According to my editing program, I’ll easily clear more than 1...
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Start Your Midlife Reinvention Project With Your Step 1 Instead Of Their Step 20
I remember the very first photography seminar I attended. My husband and I had recently married, and he had big dreams. He loved photography and had every desire to make it his career. He’d met a guy who was traveling down a similar path, who told him about a...
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The 3 Freedoms – Which Are You Lacking In Your Midlife Reinvention Journey?
Once upon a time, I grew up smack-dab in the middle of a middle-class neighborhood. I was taught early on the principles of the American Dream. Go to school, get good grades, to get into a good college or university, to get a good job. Then and only then will you be...
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The Problem With Side Hustles
Side Hustle It’s the buzzword of our times. You’ve noticed it too? You can find books on it. Sites devoted to it. There’s a lot to be said about it. Side hustles aren’t part time jobs. They don’t include working overtime, or even driving for Uber on the weekends. A...
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Why The American Dream Job Is Changing For Us 40 and 50 Year Olds
We’re always dreaming. The perfect job. The perfect house. The perfect car. The perfect spouse. The perfect family. The perfect life. The problem is at midlife, we suddenly wake up to the fact that our plans aren’t matching our dreams. We expected better. We...
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How You Can Change “All Of A Sudden”
I went over to a mentor’s website a few days ago. I’ve followed her for years. I’ve purchased her books. I’ve taken a few classes from her. She is a person who fueled my love of travel to what it is today. She was one of three who motivated me to sell my forever...
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