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9 habits to take you from midlife muck to your Power Years
It's not uncommon to suddenly feel like you're stuck in the muck in midlife. Make these your Power Years by embracing these 9 powerful habits.
“The biggest shift for me, after 40, was my power to create the life I want to live.”
Melinda Thomas is a former actor in her 50s who left New York after 20 years and followed her heart to Birmingham, Alabama where her boyfriend lives. She also followed her heart away from corporate America to to entrepreneurship. The power to create the life she wants has been one of the biggest shifts she's experienced in midlife.
Ditch the to-do list and make a “to-be” list
This simple tool will help you focus on who you want to become as opposed to everything you have to get done and checked off a list. Try it for a week to see what it opens up for you.
Are we having fun yet?
Are you satisfied with how much fun you're having? Here's how to find out what's fun for you and make more time for it.
Time is a gift … what are you doing with yours?
On a scale of 1-10, where 1 is not busy at all and 10 is totally time bankrupt, how busy are you? If you said 10 (or even 11 or 12), you’re not alone.Life is busy. Especially when we have multiple roles and responsibilities and people counting on us. And who are we kidding, that's mostly everybody these days. There is always someone or something who needs our attention.So let’s say for the sake of argument there really is zero time. Let’s say that every minute is legitimately booked.