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Life after 40 - has it really begun?

One of my favourite quotations is from George Elliot: ‘It’s never too late to be who you might have been’

They say life begins at 40. Well I reckon mine began at 43 and a bit;. Finally I have found my metier in broadcasting and writing and found the love of my life - Paul. But what about you?

Have you started a new career?
Taken early retirement to pursue a long-loved hobby full time?
Met the man of your dreams?
Started writing your first novel?
Changed direction?
Had your first baby when you thought you never would?

I am convinced life changes after 40; good, bad or indifferent, it changes and often a whole new vista opens up. It has certainly been a turning point for me and most people I know.

That little quote from George Elliot is my mantra and is the theme for a book I am researching. If you have tipped over 40 and found your metier in the second half of your life, or if life has changed in a way you never would have imagined, then get in touch. I’m looking for great stories to inspire, entertain and maybe even educate.

A random thought on work

I am a big fan of O Magazine. I love the writers and the articles; they seem to hit a level of maturity and provocation of thought which seems beyond most other magazines I have read. But then I like my thoughts provoked and stimulated. I rarely read just for light relief. Two things struck me in this particular piece from Oprah on decluttering house and life:

‘What I know for sure: Life is about an energy exchange. Everything and everybody is vibrating at different frequencies. And yet you get to choose the vibration you want to resonate with and how to manifest that choice through your actions.’

and in relation to decluttering your relationship with your work

‘…not only reducing the clutter of paperwork, inefficiency and overcommunication, but also striving to create a balanced workload and make your work invigorating, inspiring, collaborative and empowering to others’.

As I have been revamping this website and decluttering it of the old and the no longer relevant, I’ve been thinking about the kinds of clients I want to work with and these two quotes sum it up. I want to write with and for people who are invigorating, inspiring, collaborative and empowering of others. I want my words to be invigorating, inspiring, collaborative and empowering and I want them to vibrate at the frequency that attracts the right clients to me and the right people to my clients.

Yeah, that feels good!

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