Today I turn 65 !
It’s TRUE!
And I am RETIRING!!!!
Whaaaaaaaat???
Yes, after a long life, it’s time to let go, & enjoy the fruits of my labours.
I’ve done my time.
· Now I can have a senior travel card & get free bus rides
· Now I can get discounts at the pie shop & the cinema
· Now people have to stand up for me on buses – it’s the rule - & give me the courtesy & respect that my hard-earned seniority deserves !!!
But, you may ask, what exactly am I retiring from ?
Good question, because if you know me at all, you know that I am only just now getting started with my new life, my new profession, my new body !
Here is what I am retiring from :
1. Procrastination
2. Those things that I have been avoiding & tolerating
3. Self-doubt
4. My crappy money mindset
5. My lifelong affair with scarcity
6. Not taking enough responsibility for all of my life, outcomes & income
7. Impatience
8. Attachment to rules & musts & shoulds that don’t serve
9. Holding myself back – avoiding things that scare me
10. Not letting myself show up fully through self-doubt
11. Attachment, including to whens & whats & hows
12. Letting myself off the hook
13. Distraction
14. Self-judgement
15. Feelings of not being good enough, not woman enough
16. Self-manipulation
17. Dissatisfaction
18. Insecurity
19. Giving away/outsourcing my power
20. Not keeping my word, to myself & others
21. Not taking enough care of my nutrition, exercise, relationships
22. Not giving myself enough compassion, me time, self-love
23. Not valuing past achievements, wins & successes enough
24. Not celebrating enough
Actually, I’ve been working on all of these for quite a while now, so I am not starting from zero.
But I will never be done; I will always be working on me, always improving, always wanting to be better, each day just a little bit better than the me I was yesterday.
When I turned 50, I hated who I was.
When I turned 60, I loved who I was becoming.
Now I'm turning 65, I love who I have become.
And in many many ways, life for me is only just beginning. There is much more to come.
I feel that at this age, & especially as I'm healthy & fit, it’s kinda perfect.
I feel I have enough wisdom & experience to join the dots, find the patterns, revel in the richness to life.
I can always add meaning & perspective to any conversation with a story from long life experience or a metaphor. My mind is always busy, finding connections, finding joy as a meaning-maker.
Ageism has got to go.
I have never been so empowered, so happy, having so much fun, & having found all those things, my work is to help others find those things too.
Love Bobbi ❤️
Inspirational speaker | Transformation Coach | Trans Woman | Model
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