The Awakening

Several months ago, I turned 50, half a century old. But here's the thing: I'm not having a midlife crisis. I'm having a midlife awakening.

Friends

You know what I have come to understand? Until this very day, I have played it pretty safe. I’ve been quiet and comfortable. Neat. Clean. Just. I have followed most rules, made logical decisions, done my duty, and seen traditional success. And it’s been a beautiful life. I have created life (my daughter who is literally my greatest creation), made a career for myself, and enjoyed a nice comfortable life.

Beneath this practical surface has been this wild soul, and she’s been waiting in the wings. Patiently. Restlessly. Ready. Today at 50, she wants her turn.

I do not want to age gracefully. I want to age fiercely. Fiercely. Wildly. Passionately. This soul wants adventure, love, truth, and it wants to be seen. I want to show my daughter and this world that we do not fear getting older, that we embrace it as the privilege that it is, and that the spirit is ageless if we let it be.

Fifty is not about fearing the last years of our life. It is like being a teenager again, at the doorstep of this amazing new phase, full of promise. This awakening is not a crisis. It is liberation.

Here’s to being, fiercely and unapologetically me. Here’s to adventures yet to come.

xoxo,

Viv