I wholeheartedly agree with this list. Fabulous! For those women who have spent their days predominantly raising kids rather than in busy careers, I would add 'keep connected with the world', whatever that means; meeting new people, developing new interests, learning new skills, getting involved in a new community. Re-invention is rocket-fuel in mid-life and staves off the (peri)menopausal feelings of insignificance & invisibility.
I’m just in the train home from staying a couple of days with a friend I met a couple of years ago (when I was 47) who introduced me to my escape hatch, which happens to be cold water swimming too! So true about having time to yourself, time off & silence. Trying hard with keeping rituals, several which we started during lockdown, but struggling more & more to keep my teenage daughter still engaged with them, but will keep trying! Thanks for all the advice in the book - I read it last year travelling g to our holiday & I think it probably saved our holiday!!
I am totally loving these posts from the Candy Club. Thank you Lorraine. Another great list which has got me thinking and made me reassess. I will return to this list again and again to remind me what’s important.
I wholeheartedly agree with this list. Fabulous! For those women who have spent their days predominantly raising kids rather than in busy careers, I would add 'keep connected with the world', whatever that means; meeting new people, developing new interests, learning new skills, getting involved in a new community. Re-invention is rocket-fuel in mid-life and staves off the (peri)menopausal feelings of insignificance & invisibility.
Thank you for this. It is just what I needed to read right now.
I’m just in the train home from staying a couple of days with a friend I met a couple of years ago (when I was 47) who introduced me to my escape hatch, which happens to be cold water swimming too! So true about having time to yourself, time off & silence. Trying hard with keeping rituals, several which we started during lockdown, but struggling more & more to keep my teenage daughter still engaged with them, but will keep trying! Thanks for all the advice in the book - I read it last year travelling g to our holiday & I think it probably saved our holiday!!
I am totally loving these posts from the Candy Club. Thank you Lorraine. Another great list which has got me thinking and made me reassess. I will return to this list again and again to remind me what’s important.