I was looking for ideas for this week’s blog post and decided to see what I’ve written about my birthday in the past. I noticed a post where I said goodbye to my 30s and hello to my 40s. The birthday coming up next week is the last one I celebrate in my 40s, so next year’s birthday post will be a hello to my 50s and goodbye to my 40s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the article I wrote saying goodbye to my 30s, I was happy to be done with them. The 30s were my first decade without my father. In that post, I said that my thirties were about becoming self-aware, and I saw my 40s as when I would act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My 40s were about action. I got married in my mid-forties, and that event alone caused me to act on things I procrastinated on. I closed my life coaching practice and started focusing on my writing as COVID hit, and I realized it was time to pivot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My 40s also were the decade where I packed up and left the country I’d been living in for my entire life and started a new life in a new country with my husband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A lot has happened in the last nine years, and I’m excited to see where my golden years take me. I aim to stay healthy, keep fit, and align my mind, body, and soul. My new home has everything I need to do just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If someone had told me 20 years ago that this would be my reality, I’d wonder what crazy book or movie they had read or watched that ignited such a wild imagination! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I never imagined I would have a career as a writer, and I definitely didn’t think I would live in a tropical country. Although, even as I typed that sentence, I reminded myself that Jamaica was on every vision board I’ve ever created, and it’s not like I haven’t seen the country yet, so there is that. I guess my subconscious knew I wanted to live here before I did!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I don’t know what I’ll do for my birthday this year, but I know it’ll be wonderful because of where I am and who I’m with. \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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