Midlife Crossroads

I’m just about 35... the average woman lives to be about 70. So I’ve potentially reached the middle of my life 🤯

The label “mid-30s” has such a weight to it doesn’t it? It serves as an acknowledgment of the years that have passed but also a question mark hovering over what’s yet to come.

Right here, at the crossroads there’s two choices. Fall into a midlife crisis 🤣 with a perspective of doom and gloom…. or celebrate a midlife oasis 💞 seeing the future for what it truly is.

I know with absolute certainty what I’m choosing 💪

My perspective is~ it’s as though I’ve just lived one full lifetime, and now another one has opened up and stretched out in front of me, waiting to be created.

This here actually feels incredible, almost miraculous.. the realization that this next stretch of 35+ years are mine to claim in ways the first 35 couldn’t be.

Childhood takes up nearly a third of our lives, a time when we’re busy figuring out the world and finding our place within it. Early adulthood is a period of learning through mistakes and confronting harsh truths about ourselves and others. Those years, in a sense, belong to growth and discovery… to trial and error. But now, in this new horizon I see an unfolding, there’s a shift in this b*tch.

This time around, these years are fully mine to shape. What a f*ckin beautiful horizon that is to look out at!

This life is no longer about searching for my identity, but rather, embodying it.

Knowing who I am.

Knowing what I want.

Knowing how I want to live.

No more getting lost trying to be who others want me to be or sacrificing my dreams to fit someone else’s narrative. Instead, these years ahead will be guided by a sense of self that has been fought for and rightfully earned!

I no longer feel the need to apologize for who I am or to question every choice I make. I’ve survived the first half, I’ve weathered storms, overcome the doubts, and fears. I’ve learned invaluable lessons. And I appreciate every single second of it!

This awareness is powerful. It’s as though every experience, every heartbreak, every triumph, and every setback has led me here… right HERE! To this very moment where I can see this beautiful horizon before me.

This isn’t just another chapter; it’s the start of a whole new book!

So cheers to the second half!! 🍻

Let it be a time for living more intentionally, more consciously, more fit, more healthy! And with a heart wide open for creating a life that feels as vibrant and expansive as the horizon ahead!

If you too are standing at the midlife crossroad… (or walked past it a lil bit 😉)

I encourage you to walk boldly to the edge of the horizon and claim it, knowing that the best is NOT behind, it’s only just beginning!