Mid Life Celebration Is When…

Daily Bear Hugs Are Under-Rated
Daily Bear Hugs Are Under-Rated

What are the joyous moments in your day to day routine?

Do you have them?

Are you conscious of them as they happen?

Are you willing to work for them?

Is it worth the effort?

Do you have any idea what I’m talking about?

Every Monday for the past four years after school, on the way home, our son (9) and I stop at Twistee Treat for ice cream.

But before we get in the car at the school parking lot, we do our daily bear hug.

Mid Life Celebration is when…

Weekly Tradition
Weekly Tradition

Will He Turn Out Just Like Me?

Twin Sons Of Different Mothers?
Twin Sons Of Different Mothers?

While attending my annual writer’s retreat last week, there was time off from the writing, blogging, networking and publishing agenda to spend time on the beach.

Who doesn’t like getting out of work to go to class, to learn, network and have a nice continental breakfast and “free lunch”?

And by the way, when you go to professional development conferences, there’s nothing wrong with trying to find a great location you like that includes a lot of amenities that suite your style.

Enlarge the above photo and you can see our son (9). I wonder if he’ll go the corporate route, run his own entrepreneurial business, or maybe a bit of both.

Will he turn out just like me?

Mid Life Wake Up Calls

Crisis Town Or Celebration Bound?
Crisis Town Or Celebration Bound?

Mid Life Celebration’s catalyst is to help us answer the wake up calls we get, as we journey through life.

These midlife wake up calls can happen at any time, but tend to be in the middle part of our life.

It’s possible you can experience more than one wake up call in your lifetime, and sometimes, you may have more than one at a time.

As Lorie Sheffer described yesterday, an untimely death of a loved one, or the sudden health crisis of a loved one (or even ourselves), can all lead to a reevaluation of our path.

Do you have an example of your mid life celebration (or crisis)?

Midlife Learning

Ok, So It's Not Red
Ok, So It's Not Red

There’s a midlife stereotype of the middle-aged man getting a red, convertible  sports car and a younger woman.

Mid Life Celebration isn’t traveling that path.

Mid Life Celebration is for those that experience this – you spend your life pursuing your big, important goals, only to reach them.

And the first thing that comes to mind?

“This isn’t what I wanted!”

“Now what do I do?”