Enjoying Life Over 40

Quit your job! No one should have just a job when they are over 40. It’s time for fun --- and it’s not just me saying that. Doing so will be good for your self-esteem.

Life over 40 sure is different. Some days, it feels like your kids, (and I love mine) are ingrates. Some days, I feel like I don’t want to pay the bills anymore. Some days, I feel like my job isn’t as important as I once thought it was, seeing fresh-grads taking over the big, active jobs in the office.

Do you ever think like that? Well, you’re not alone. We are running on the tightrope of midlife, and the damages we’ve done to ourselves are manifesting their cracks now that we’re over 40.

What do we do about it? Well if you’ve gotten over 40, then you must’ve learned about being patient along the way. Being patient is crucial, because now, you’ll make plans for the rest of your life.

Open up a notebook --- time to reassess your goals. Write up the years ahead on the top, and write down your goals for that year. If you’re over 40, you find that the years just seem to go by faster than when you were a kid, which also signifies that there’s no time to waste.

So, say, for 2009, your plans are “Healthy Body 2009” --- after that year, you recheck your notebook if you’ve gotten that goal down. Of course hoping won’t do the work alone, you’re over 40, you should know this by now. This includes eating more organic foods, getting proper rest, daily exercise, drinking 8 or more glasses of water, finding time to relax after stress, enjoying life with family and being happy.

Did you get your wish? If you didn’t get what you wanted exactly, reassess your goals for the next year if its doable, and slowly, you’ll be finding the ways to make that goal come true. Future projection is pretty important too --- your goal must be REALISTIC for you. Would you be left in a state of “unbelief” once you do get to drive that Ferrari? If you don’t believe it can happen to you, then it’s not REALISTIC for you.

Life may get easier over 40, but that doesn’t mean you have to be a slacker. Time’s running and your goals and dreams are now, more than ever, within your reach. Time to put it down to writing -- Being over 40 doesn’t mean you have to stop being a dreamer.

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