Category: About Mid Life Celebration

Midlife denial is heaven on Earth

First day of school
Yesterday in the driveway before the first day of High School.

 

(This is the type of conversation i frequently constantly have with myself. And it’s this tough love that has helped me find the path less traveled.)

Midlife denial is heaven on Earth. We don’t have to think about the tough choices we should be making. This makes us feel better.

Coffee in the morning (and all day possibly). Alcohol in the evening.

Television, social media, food, work.

Medicated, entertained, and distracted.

Yeah, that ought to protect me us from making difficult decisions.

Denying something doesn’t make it go away.

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Your midlife triangle

Busy intersection near Walt Disney World
Yesterday at 7:15am.

 

It’s a chronic situation.

At least it was for me.

When will we get our proverbial sh!t together?

Probably never.

Unless we embrace this deceptively simple framework.

Your midlife triangle is made up of three sides.

  1. rethink
  2. reprioritize
  3. recommit

It’s that simple and it’s that’s difficult.

As we rode bikes to school yesterday we crossed three major intersections near Walt Disney World. It was morning rush hour.

Told our son that most drivers are so distracted because they’re in a such a hurry that it’s the equivalent to being drunk.

The past two days have each netted me almost getting hit by a harried driver when we have had the right of way to cross the cross walk.

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Was yesterday extraordinary?

The best parts of yesterday have nothing to do with the two really nice things summarized in these two photos from yesterday:

 

LinkedIn messaging
My note was two days ago, his reply was yesterday.

 

Thank you email
Yesterday, a thank you email.

 

Was yesterday extraordinary?

If yes, congratulations.

If not, how about the day before?

If no, what about the day before that?

If no, when was the last time you had two extraordinary days in a row?

This is why midlife celebration is so important. Our goal is to never again have a day that is less than extraordinary.

You may say i’m a dreamer…pretty sure i’m not the only one…

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If we’re lucky, a wakeup call will bring us to our knees

Teddy bear in starting blocks
Finland 2009.

 

Teddy Bear at Track meet starting line
This Teddy Bear has been traveling for a decade. Ski jumping is big in Finland.

 

The things my child needs to know, it’s my responsibility to teach it to him. But i get busy with a career and putting out life’s fires.

i was lucky, a wakeup call brought me to my knees.

Sounds cliche, but finally i started listening to my heart.

Disney (30 years worth) taught me the profound power in intentionality. About over managing things others under manage or ignore.

Life taught me the profound power of regret. And that regret breeds prolifically from excuses.

The marriage of those two – excuses and regret – produced my first book. It was written for a little boy (who turned 15 yesterday) in case something bad ever happened to his dad.

If i could give free copies to anyone wanting it, i would.

Not interested (anymore) in making money from this book. In fact, the proceeds are so small, it’s not worth the effort to compete for people’s precious attention.

But for reasons that readers share with me, i want as many people as possible to have a copy.

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The watering hole for our discomfort

Randy's Donuts
Randy’s friends probably thought he was crazy.

 

Nothing special, remarkable, or stunning happens within our comfort zone.

And we know this.

There is one exception.

The exception is when we make our comfort zone a matter of (always) looking forward to being uncomfortable.

This is where growth, confidence, discovery, joy, and freedom gather for camaraderie.

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