Eek! 6 months to 70!

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t having trouble.

I’ve mentioned age before in these blogs. I’ve become a little age-sensitive. Well now, I’m beyond sensitive. I’m edging up on supersensitive. Hypersensitive. Fragile. Emotional and a tiny bit crazed.

But I’ll be okay because I’m working through it.

I’m journaling. I’m asking myself questions, like, “what does 70 mean to me?” Or “what have I made it mean?”

I was listening to the Fitness Matters podcast this morning while doing my morning miles. Hosted by Pahla B., it’s targeted at menopausal women, and focuses on weight loss.

But her approach is deeply rooted in living consciously, through doing the mindset work that will support getting your goals. She believes you change your life by changing your thoughts. I do too. As she would say, “your thoughts create your feelings, which create your actions, which ultimately create your results.

Today her topic was all about motivation. Her conversation was around motivation being a feeling. NOT a thing outside of you.

I got my lesson by substituting the word motivation with the world age.

Chronologically, I will indeed (with grace) be 70 years old on June 10, 2022.

But whatever I attach to that chronological age are all thoughts. And those thoughts create feelings. And those feelings right now are all over the place.

But that’s okay because I’m doing “the work.” I’m asking myself the questions to help me understand the angst, the upset, the preoccupation.

So deep breath. I’m diving in the deep end and doing the work. I won’t wait until I swim to the other side and have it all figured out. I’ll keep you in the loop while I take the journey.

I’d LOVE to hear your comments. What do you think?