Posted on : 07-25-2010 | In : New Outlook | 62 views
Posted on : 07-06-2010 | In : Fear, Something Missing | 314 views
Wow, I turned 40 on June 29 and I made it through the day without flipping out! Maybe it will hit me hard when I wake up tomorrow, but it doesn’t seem like a big deal at this moment. I remember when my own mother was 40. I was 15 myself and back then, I thought she was sooooo old… Today, I’m the one reaching that milestone and my perspective is obviously different. I was 36 when I had my first child and 38 for the second, so to my 15-year-old self, I’d look quite ancient!
Growing up (and eventually growing older) has quite a few advantages in my opinion. When I turned 20, I didn’t know anything about life and I didn’t care. The world was completely open and out there for me to discover. Over the next 10 years I figured things out and found myself, including by moving to another continent and sticking to a job I would enjoy long-term. By the time I turned 30, I felt like I finally graduated to adulthood, and it was a cool place to be. Another 10 years have gone by and at 40, I feel like I have proven myself to other people (I have a career and I can handle two kids, well, most of the time) and now I’d like to prove to myself that I can develop some other talents and interests. Which talents, I’m not sure yet, but that’s what makes life interesting every day.
And yes, my “40 and fabulous” T-shirt from Cafe Press is in the mail, and I can’t wait to wear it! To all moms out there 40 and over, carpe diem! As KebMo says it so well, “life is beautiful, life is wondrous…”
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Posted on : 06-26-2010 | In : Never Too Late | 417 views
I turn 40 at the end of 2012, just months before the supposed 12/22/2012 prediction of the Apocalypse/Cataclysmic World Change…or whatever version of whatever prophecy you believe. Do I think the world will end? Not really, but I have to admit the recent rash of natural and manmade disasters got me thinking…what if? What if I turn 40- a decade I think will be empowering, amazing and freeing- and the world ends? Why not start doing all those things I want to do now, so I don’t have regrets…just in case?
So I silenced the inner ‘Debby Downer’- you know that voice that says ‘you can’t do that’ or ‘you don’t deserve that,’ and squashed the anxiety of ‘people will think you’re crazy.’ And I started doing the things I’ve always wanted to do: being blonde for the summer, finding a spiritual teacher, getting a rocking ass, building my kids’ clubhouse, etc.
I plan to continue and have encouraged others to start living their deepest desires. I mean, if you don’t do it now…then when?
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I turn 40 this Saturday, June 19th. I am not looking forward to this.
I am already dissatisfied with the way I look. Boobs have started their downward spiral, body could stand to lose about 50 lbs., teeth could use a professional whitening treatment or veneers, deep wrinkle in the forhead could use some Botox…the list seems endless. Even more so, I feel like I haven’t accomplished many of the things that I’ve wanted to do for ME.
I feel like I’m complaining, but I’m not. I have a wonderful husband, 3 beautiful daughters, a home…but I have definitely slacked off in what I want for myself. I have never been a good self-motivater or good at tooting my own horn, so I’m not sure exactly where to start. Or maybe I do know where to start but feel overwhelmed. Anyways, good luck and be strong to all the women out there…we all go through it one way or another.
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