Reinventing yourself seems to be more common these days despite the economy. Speaking with mothers and fathers, I am hearing focused, driven parents who want something now for themselves.
We all can relate to that wanting. These are the shifts they have made in their daily living:
(1) Joining a gym and getting a trainer to jump start them and a friend to be accountable to
(2) Taking classes online like business and art therapy
(3) Volunteering as mentors with children and adult literacy
(4) Traveling in their RV across the USA
(5) Joining social networks online
(6) Taking organic and going green classes at their community centers
(7) Using Skype to talk with their grandchildren and friends across the country and then turning those talks into scrapbooks as gifts
(8) Having Saturday breakfast at their local cafes to meet people
(9) Joining other artists to share their art in their homes and have an open gallery weekend
(10) Pot luck dinners and wine tasting with people they haven’t called in years
(11) Neighborhood watch meetings
(12) Traveling to see old friends from high school
(13) Clearing the clutter and having an organization like the VA pick it up for them
(14) Doing a part time business that they love, like calligraphy invitations
(15) Docent at a museum
(16) Researching where to move in order to be part of a walking community
(17) Renting out a room for income
(18) Starting their dream business out of their home
What would you choose to do that people would call you crazy? Think back to what you loved doing as a child and before you had children. What would you choose to do for a first step?
Have fun,
Natalie Caine, M.A.
Email natalie@empytnestsupport.com
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Natalie Caine, M.A. natalie@lifeintransition.org
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