Reinventing Yourself or Finding Youself to Begin With

The other day, I saw a repeat of Nora Ephron on The View from when Julie and Julia debuted and coincidentally I saw the movie this past weekend.
Nora said that Julia Child’s book came out when she was 50! She didn’t become THE Julia Child till after that!!!

How many of us think if we haven’t written a book by 50 or become a pilot or a scientist by 50, it is too late? I definitely have! Well, it’s not and we can.

As Nora Ephron said, women can reinvent themselves at this age or for many, find themselves at 50 (or any age for that matter)

For me personally, it’s a perfect time because my children are grown and gone off to live their own lives. My husband has his own hobbies and I am not working due to health issues. So I am thinking of reinventing myself or just finding myself again.

I am doing affirmations to tell myself I can do anything I want. I am good enough, smart enough (Are you thinking Stuart Smalley(or whatever his name was) from Saturday Night Live?) and I love myself!!!!

I deserve to treat myself with love, gentleness and care. After a very stressful weekend dealing with my very verbally abusive father, I was a mess. I felt beaten down and did not have the energy to build myself back up. I talked with good friends and my husband, who were nurturing to me when I felt I couldn’t be.

After writing my father a letter that I may or may not mail, I am feeling better. I am choosing to be very good to myself today. I am not going to talk to anyone today I don’t want to. I am going to get a special massage for people with Fibromyalgia and I did a wonderful meditation/relation exercise that I had found on line and it put me to sleep. I had my girlfriend Kelly paint “wild & precious” on my arm.

I don’t feel full of energy but I feel better. And I am going to keep being very loving and good to myself, one day at a time!