Midlife Musings
Fortysomething. If my life were a TV show, that would be the title, and these are the episodes. Or maybe I am just having an episode.
Everything they don't put in the brochure for your 40s. Work situations that make your blood boil, body changes nobody prepared you for, pop culture opinions held with unreasonable conviction, and the general absurdity of being a grown woman who still hasn't figured out what she wants to be when she grows up. Honest, unfiltered, and occasionally petty in ways that are entirely justified.-
Reality Dreaming: Sparking the Fires of Motivation Under My Ass
Some people remember their dreams. Some I remember, some I forget. It depends. If the dream leaves me shaken when I wake up, then I am going to try to remember it. Probably why I keep paper and pen near my bed.
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Fever Dream – Ghosts from My Past and Watching Bandersnatch
I have a weird quirk where sometimes the more popular something is, the more I resist jumping on the bandwagon. Some latent habit left over from my rebellious youth ? A remnant of anti-establishment feelings that never really disappeared, perhaps?
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Conformity Destroys – the YOYO effect
Sometimes I get the sinking feeling that I have lost my creativity and have fallen into the rut of the status quo. I fear that adulting has cost me the spontaneity of youth, and all I have to look forward to is getting old.
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NYE Resolutions – Make It or Break It
Everyone is talking about resolutions as the year draws to a close. It’s inevitable. We all want the promise of a better tomorrow. The hope of change that could change your life.
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Resolutions
One resolution I have made, and try always to keep is this: ‘To rise above the little things.’ -John Burroughs
