Forget Passion – Just Do Something
I was sitting, having tea with my daughter. After graduating from college, she’d spent several weeks looking for a job. She was frustrated. She was irritated. She was lost. Her head fell to her hands as she said: I have no idea what I’m passionate about. Where do I go...
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Embracing The Travel Lifestyle In Midlife
I write about travel all the time. I love it. I’m obsessed with it. I sold my forever home for the chance to slow travel the world. And I’m not alone in my desire to travel throughout midlife and into retirement. Surveys consistently show travel is one of the top...
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10 Steps To Help You Decide What Life Changes To Make In Midlife
When I tell people my story, I get a lot of “I could never do that”. Granted, I thrive on change. In fact, I find myself getting a little antsy if I don’t make major changes in my life every few years. And because I’ve changed a lot, I have specific steps I go through...
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Blogging: It’s The Perfect Way To Reinvent Your Gen X or Baby Boomer Life
How old are you right now, as you’re reading this? If today is your birthday, congratulations. If you’re 50, that gives you 18,250 days of perspective. No one else is like you. On day one, YOU started becoming who you are. You’re a product of how your parents raised...
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Two Worlds: Traditional and Indie – Why Now Is The Time To Join The Indie Revolution
I was super excited to visit my first local meeting with a well-known writing association. From everything I had read, it was one of the best in this region. More than a hundred showed up at any given meeting. And I was excited to meet them all to learn how to better...
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Why All Women Should Step Into An Entrepreneurial Role
One of the best things about aging is realizing how much you have to give the world. I’ve spoken with hundreds of women, and no matter what stage of life they are - 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond - they still have one thing to say about how they wish to move forward: I...
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What’s Your Dream? Here’s How To Make It Happen
Sometimes you need a life event to shift your line of thinking completely. For me, it was when my father died at the age of 54. Suddenly, I didn’t look at life in the same way. There was a finite window of opportunity, and the “end” could come much sooner than I...
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Why Should I Care About Midlife Reinvention Anyway?
I stopped and listened to a friend lose it one day. “I’ve reached a point in my life where I just don’t care anymore. I don’t want to do anything extra at work because I only have a few years left. I don’t want to move because my house will be paid off soon. Why take...
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When Age Is Everything
What’s one of the biggest benefits of having a photographer in the family? You can schedule a photo shoot whenever you desire! When I was 28 years old, my father died of a massive heart attack at the age of 54. Less than two years later, my mother had a massive stroke...
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Are Anxiety and Doubt Holding You Back?
Years ago, I started down the American Dream path much like everybody else. I was the good girl - it said so on every report card that went out. That meant being quiet and doing as I was told. Yep, straight A’s in that department. And so I learned the value of being...
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