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Have you had a wake-up call recently, such asan unexpected health crisis, a separation or divorce, or the loss of your job?Perhaps you just feel stuck or restless? Are you yearning for change? These situations and emotions come withmidlife, and this transition can be like falling down Alice’s rabbit hole: frightening, yet at thesame time invigorating. Some people come out terrified while others aretransformed. Some people renew their passion for a new life with gusto, andothers ease along, making small but notable changes. There is no right way or wrong way totransition through midlife. At somepoint, you may know you want to change your life, but you may have no ideawhere to begin and feel stuck. Yet, you simply have to do something! It doesn’t matter what you do as long as youtake some form of action! Do something to shift your life. Get a new job, clean out your closets, retirea relationship that’s draining your energy, schedule your trek in therainforest, move to a new city you love, join a group of like-minded boomers,volunteer to help people in another country, go back to school for fun or for anew career, take a dance class to learn to tango. The unrest that occurs at this period isabout sorting out and separating who you are becoming from who you have been.It is a time for deep introspection, and for exploring how you want to livethis part of your life and how you want to become more authentically who youare. These suggestions will help you get unstuckand get to your next step: Step One: Schedule a quiet time to think about some of thequestions maturing boomers must confront as they approach middle age, such as: DoI want to spend the rest of my working life in my present career? Whatwould a career change mean at this point in my life? What changes can Ibegin to make now to ensure better physical and psychological health for therest of my life? Am I really happyand content with my daily life now? ?????? Step Two: Get clear about what you want for ? ? ?? your life.? Develop a personalprofile that highlights several areas: Your pleasures, your dream job orcareer, the subjects about which you want to learn more, your strengths andyour areas for improvement. Here’s a way tomake your personal profile come alive: put together a picture board thatdisplays all the things to which you are drawn or for which you have a passion,such as: a healthy body, gardening, resting at a spa, sailing, or a peacefullandscape. Cut photos from your favorite magazines to illustrate your passionsand paste them on your “dream board." Give yourselfpermission to get in touch with your suppressed vision of who you truly are andhow you want your life to actually be. ????? Step Three: Identify Obstacles and Outdated ????? Beliefs ?? Do you havelimiting thoughts that are holding?? you back? ?? Your set ofbeliefs, thoughts and lifestyle habits,?? which include your food choices, yourform of? ?? exercise, your sleep patterns and stress level,?? can be an obstacle forliving a healthy lifestyle.? ?? What are your thoughts and limitingbehaviors? ?????? Step Four: Take Action to Make Permanent?????? Change ??? It is not enoughto just verbalize or visualize?? ??? your goals. You must have a plan and take ??? steps to create what you want! ??? Action Steps:Write down your goals and action ??? steps to achieve them during the next 3months.??? Identify your strengths and areas for ??? improvement in following up withyour plan. ?????? Step Five: Get Help to Hold Yourself ?????? Accountable ?? To help youmanifest your goals and dreams, I ?? recommend that you?create accountabilityby ?? finding a buddy, hiring a coach, or joining a? ?? group with like-minded peopleto help you reach ?? you goals. |
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