WHY MIDLIFE'S FABULOUS - YOUNG AT HEART
Saturday, 29 April 2017
UNREAL EXPECTATIONS
One of the biggest downsides of the internet is the exposure you get to the unnaturally beautiful people of the world and they are sold to us as being someone we should aspire to looking like. In the media today it's all about eternal youth and trying to stay 20 forever. Apparently if you eat right, exercise madly, and use the right moisturizer, then the world is your oyster and you will have discovered the secret to eternal youth.WHY MIDLIFE'S FABULOUS - THE "X" FACTOR
Friday, 28 April 2017
MIDLIFER "A" OR MIDLIFER "B"?
There are two types of Midlifer - those who are old before their time, grumpy and cranky, and always finding fault (they even have TV programs based on "Grumpy Old Men" and "Grumpy Old Women" - and these people aren't old - they're in Midlife!) Then there are those Midlifers who are vibrant, and busy, and involved, and smiling, and celebrating life - they have what I call "The "X" Factor".WHY MIDLIFE'S FABULOUS - WISDOM
Thursday, 27 April 2017
WISE WORDS
When I ask my husband what the benefits of getting older are, the answer he always comes up with is "wisdom" because it ties in so closely with life experiences gained from living long and well. Wisdom is such a valuable life skill and is a hard earned one. It comes from years of interacting with people, living through life's ups and downs and learning that there are not always black and white answers to all the questions that arise.
WHY MIDLIFE'S FABULOUS - VOLUNTEERING
Wednesday, 26 April 2017
A LITTLE BIT OF SPARE TIME
In Midlife you come up for a breath of air and realize that you have all you need and a little bit left over. For some that means they need to keep working until the little bit left over becomes a bigger and bigger bit......for others of us it means that we can slow down a little and look at how we can give something back.WHY MIDLIFE'S FABULOUS - IT'S UNDERESTIMATED
Tuesday, 25 April 2017
DON'T UNDER ESTIMATE WHAT MIDLIFE OFFERS
I always thought that being "Middle Aged" would be a dull and dreary time of life. I was so wrong because what I've found instead is that this stage of life, and who I am in the midst of it, is pretty darn fine. Midlifers like me have a lot to offer - we're not callow youths who have no life experience or wisdom. We're mature people who have lived and loved, worked and played, lost friends and found new ones, and the list goes on. We have so much life experience we hardly know what to do with it all!
WHY MIDLIFE'S FABULOUS - TIME TO TRAVEL
Monday, 24 April 2017
MIDLIFE TRAVEL
Midlife is the time to go to all those places you have on your bucket list. You might not get to all of them straight away, but it's a great time to make a start and tick a few off. Living in Australia means that most overseas travel can involve long haul flights and lot of money. You can't pop across the Channel for a weekend in France or jump on a plane for a few days in sunny California. It takes a considerable amount of planning to launch off to one of these (very attractive) destinations.WHY MIDLIFE'S FABULOUS - SELF-CONFIDENCE
Saturday, 22 April 2017
HAVING AN EPIPHANY
When I reached Midlife I had an epiphany of sorts as far as my relationship with myself went. I stopped seeing myself as middle aged, and settled and stuck, treading water in the same place, and started seeing a whole new person - someone who could stand alone if need be, someone who had a lot to offer, someone who had a brain and a heart, who had good friends and a great family network, who was a person in her own right......and I liked that person a lot.WHY MIDLIFE'S FABULOUS - RETIREMENT
Friday, 21 April 2017
TO RETIRE OR NOT TO RETIRE?
There comes a time in every Midlifer's life when the question about when to retire raises its confusing (and yet strangely alluring) head. We see some of our work colleagues taking the plunge and leaving the 9 -5 daily grind behind and heading into a lovely sunset of late morning sleep-ins and a lifelong holiday. The temptation is to follow them out the door and into a twilight of endless leisure.WHY MIDLIFE'S FABULOUS - AGEING PARENTS
Wednesday, 19 April 2017
PARENTING
Midlife brings with it a change in parenting. We spent 20+ years raising our children from babies into becoming capapble, self-sufficient adults. We breathed a sigh of relief as they launched themselves successfully into the world and thought we could sit back and rest on our laurels.
What we hadn't noticed during all the time we focused on our own little family, was that our parents were growing older. They went from being Midlifers to becoming "old people" while we were looking the other way.
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