Resolution or Reinvention?

As I write this, there are 25 more days in 2021. Normally at the beginning of the year, we start creating these resolutions and vision’s for our next year. How many of us have resolved to do something this year that we either have not done or it is no longer something that serves you? I can speak for myself and say I have.

So as 2021 comes to a close, how are you going to close out your year? What are you seeing in 2021 that you do not want to bring in to 2022?

So why not instead of creating resolutions for the new year, you create a plan to reinvent you. As women in our mid life we have moved beyond the wife and mother or the glass ceiling smasher to find that we are losing our identities. Women are now coming into their own in later life and are not quite ready to be put out to pasture.

So what does it mean to reinvent yourself? Well it can be as simple as revisiting something you wanted to do long ago but put on the back burner to have a family, a job, and take care of a home. It can also mean reevaluating your career and deciding if the job/career you have is the one you still want to be at. You may need to reinvent how your family sees you now as your kids grow and leave the home. You may need to set new boundaries for your relationships and look at ones you no longer want to spend your time on.

The beauty of this time of our lives is that we get to decide what we want and what we do not want. If you choose to say no to something you really do not want to do, this is the time of your life where you should bear no guilt by speaking your truth.

As the new year rolls around, start writing down what you want your life to look like and what choices please you. Once written down, start implementing the things on your list to reinvent the new season of your life that you feel good about. And remember, no is a complete sentence.