Life After 50 is Good
They say life starts (again) after 50. By now, you have tried and failed at a few different career paths; perhaps been through a divorce, or if you are still married, survived your spouse’s mid-life crisis; raised your kids, gained 50 pounds, lost some hair, watched your life savings or credit score go down the drain, etc.
You’ve lived life…for the good and bad. You learned a few lessons along the way.
Are you happy? If so, congratulations!
If not, this post is for you.
It’s time to get back to your old self. The self before you got married and had kids, the self when you were at a healthy weight, the self when you had a 700 credit score and savings in the bank, the self where you were hungry and ready to start a new career path.
You CAN have that self back again!
Visualize your old self.
Then, little by little, trim the fat and get rid of what causes you misery.
Stuck in a career you hate? Learn some new skills and start to research a new career path, perhaps one that involves being your own boss instead of slaving away for someone else.
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Stuck in an unhappy marriage?
DON’T GET A DIVORCE!!!!!
You married your spouse for a reason. Get back to that reason.
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Don’t wait for your spouse to change and don’t try to change your spouse.
WORK ON YOURSELF.
Take an honest assessment of yourself.
Are you 300 pounds, wearing sweat pants everyday and have let yourself go? Do you no longer keep up with the house? Do you no longer like to go out and do fun stuff with your spouse? Have you become a couch potato because you are too tired from working a 10 hour shift at work and have nothing left to give?
Do something about it. Get back to the gym. Work out/walk around the neighborhood with your spouse. It’s a great way to bond.
Offer to cook your spouse a hot meal . Offer to take a hot bath with your spouse. Offer to take your spouse on a date night. Do anything to reconnect.
What’s the one thing that pushes your spouse’s buttons? If you know it, STOP doing it. Work on healthy conflict resolution.
Suggest going to couple’s therapy. Make the effort. Keep what you got. The grass is not greener on the other side.
Start to take more pride in your appearance . Take off those nasty sweat pants. Burn that shirt with holes in it. Go to the store and invest in some jeans that fit you and a decent shirt. Start to wear make up again. Start doing your hair and nails again. Start wearing deodorant again (Let’s hope it hasn’t gotten that bad).
If you are a spiritual person, go to church with your spouse.
Find some things the two of you can do together. Go see a movie, go to lunch at a cafe, go sit in the park and enjoy a picnic lunch, take a drive to the beach.
These are just a few things you can do after age 50 to get your life back.
Good luck!
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