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Navigating Middle Age With Grace (Or Without It)
It‘s something different for each of us, but here’s my story. So far.
“Aging is an extraordinary process where you become the person you always should have been.” — David Bowie
I’ve been thinking a lot about aging lately. It usually begins with staring at myself in the mirror, bemoaning the way I look, but there’s so much more to it than that.
I used to tell myself I wanted to age gracefully. That was easy to say, in my 20s. But now, staring down 47 and in the midst of what seems to be a painfully self-indulgent mid-life crisis of sorts, I no longer know exactly what “aging gracefully” means.
How many more years do I actually have?
Who do I want to be when I grow up?
I’m not done yet…there are so many things I still need to do. Time’s a-wasting.
As a middle-aged woman, have I become invisible?
I’ve mostly been pondering three specific aspects of aging: Attitude, Appearance and Mortality.
ATTITUDE
“We don’t stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we…
