Welcome to Reinvention after 40. Thank you for joining this discussion group. Please take time to introduce yourself and tell us what area of reinvention you are focusing on.
This group was started as a result of my frustration with the many women's magazines on the market. I will be 46 next week (I know, a lady is never supposed to tell her age) and have been doing some self reflection and asking myself if I am too old to reinvent myself. On my 40th birthday, I lost a job I had held for 14 years and then found out I had heart disease. On my 41st birthday, I got a job that would change my life. This job entailed working at a preschool serving children with special needs, some of them severly disabled. I had found my calling. My husband says this is my purpose and I have a gift with these children. Now I have my Masters degree in Special Education. I am also starting my own business. But I still feel like something is missing, thus the reason for self reflection. I believe there is something more I should be doing but not sure what it is. In this process, I have turned to various books and magazines. However, I have not found many that fit my needs. Several magazines deal with 20 and 30 something's who are single and still going to parties. Other magazines deal with people who are retired and have time to travel. Where do people our age and at our stage in life fit in? Some of us may be empty nesters, some may still have children at home, some may be single, divorced, or married. Some of us may be taking care of our parents. Most of us have outgrown the party scene. Whatever our situation, we are coming "into our own".
So in my frustration, I have created this discussion and would enjoying hearing from you. I have also decided not to worry about turning to magazines and books to find myself but to look at my successes and my passions.
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