This month is spent setting myself up for fabulouse fifty, as I turn 50 at the end of the month. I am looking forward to being fifty and to my 50s in general. It will be a decade of delight.
I think extensivly about past decades.
My 20s were spent developing -- college, law school, career, weddding, house, and entertaining. What I developed did not bloom, but busted.
During my 30s, things fell apart, and I rebuilt. I sold a house, and bought a house. I sold that house, and bought another. My career was altered, as was everything else. I got divorced, and got married again. I got a dog. My 30s ended with a dream come true -- I gave birth to my Son just over 1 month before my 40th birthday.
My life settled down some during my 40s. I kept the same house, the same husband, and the same job. I was busy growing my Son, and managing life as much as possible. Quite often, my life happened when I was making oher plans. Most significantly, my 40s ended with the death of my dog at the end of November; it happened when I was totally planning and doing so much else.
I am not sure how to sum up money and exercise during each decade. For now, I will not try. For each, I am not totally where I would like to be, but I try to focus on the positive aspects of both. Each could be in worse shape. Overall, I am healthy, both objectively and subjectively. On that I will focus and rejoice. I'm probably worse in some ways, but I choose to think that I am better in more ways....
For sure, things will happend and change during my 50s, but I will be as prepared as possible. I am strong. I am determined. I am just about ready....
