Counting Your Blessings Gets Even Better After 50!
Women over fifty know the truth: rather than being on the dark and depressing downhill of life, the majority of us are opening up to new experiences and challenging ourselves like never before! Moreover, this happy fact is especially true for baby boomer women. Our generation, blessed in so many ways, can add another huge plus to our list: that of aging boldly and bodaciously as feisty old-broads living life to the fullest!
Rather than believing our worth and self-esteem flew the coop along with our children, our empty nests provide us with both the time and the opportunity to pursue long neglected interests and passions. And, as older women, this isn’t all we’ve got going—we also have the internal drive to explore unchartered and unfulfilled territory. “If not now, when?” becomes an insistent call that sets our course on turbocharge.
In addition to this age-related calling, we older gals have released ourselves from much of the self-doubt that plagued so many of us in our younger years. As one dear friend recently put it: “I made a decision that 2010 was going to be the year of ‘I can do’ and step out of my chains and prisons of fear and self-doubt.” My friend has recently turned fifty and this birthday seems to signal a watershed marker for women to flex their muscles and burst free from the social and self-imposed roadblocks to success.
Yes, we will experience setbacks and self-doubt but, at our age, we’ve got the wisdom, the strength, and the inner resources to keep on track and persevere. So, here’s to counting our blessings, following our bliss, and making our own mark on the world as we choose it to be.
In my introduction on Feisty Side of Fifty Radio, I proudly proclaim there are “no invisible shrinking violets here” and I mean it! If any generation of women can retire that musty, old shroud of invisibility that has been used for centuries to demean older women… it is the boomers! After all, we’re the proud, the willful, the revolutionary, and the trailblazing generation that burst through the gender barrier. So this age thing is just a drop in the bucket for us!
And, while you’re trailblazing, drop on over to Hot Flashbacks, Cool Insights and The Perimenopause Blog. Two of my very favorite boomer bloggers have honored me with posts about my work. Please do stop by and leave a comment!
If you or a boomer friend is unemployed and looking for work, please check out Land the Job You Love: 10 Surefire Strategies for Jobseekers Over 50. It’s the only book around that provides midlife jobseekers with an easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide to successfully navigating today’s competitive job market. Don’t be left in the dust—set yourself apart with an up-to-date resume that rocks, learn how to build critical and strategic alliances within your targeted companies, and ace the interview with skill and style. Packed with insider tips and techniques, this book is guaranteed to put your search on overdrive and turn you into the candidate of choice!
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March 18th, 2010 at 8:09 am
I’ve been scrolling around your website for a while now (I found you through Gregory Ann’s “Midlife With A Vengeance” site) and have thoroughly enjoyed your writing and your topics. Thanks! It’s been a great morning!
I found myself at 50 unhappy with my job and, more importantly, my life. Well, one had a lot to do with the other. I wanted more freedom to travel and play with my grandkids. My job didn’t permit that.
So, at age 54 I quit my job and went to work at home as a freelance writer and virtual assistant. (I was fortunate in that regard to have the support of my daughter, Nicole Dean, who is an internet marketing expert.)
So, with a few writing assignments through my daughter and her friends, I started on a new path. Now, 2 years later, I am making more money than I was at my j-o-b AND I have the freedom I desired.
We can do what we need to do to make ourselves happy and healthy. I love what I’m doing to make money, I am exercising regularly, and I’m stronger and more fit than I have been for a long time.
Thank you for this great site and all the wonderful information and the good laughs. I can’t wait to get a little more time to read more and to visit your Blog Roll. Thanks!
March 16th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
Eileen-I can attest to the power of your new book. I made my way through it like a workbook and it did wonders for reformatting how I present myself on paper and in person. I am about 3/4 the way through an intense interview process, but feeling very confident in my skin. Thanks so much for helping tell my story!