Q: Is being single in your 40s difficult? (for those 40 year olds who aren’t married)? — 20-something A: No more difficult than being married in your 40s:) — 40-something This question came in and I hesitated to answer right away because it’s a big one. It could be half the subject of my book. […] Read more…
Posts Tagged ‘40-something’
Six Months of Sharp Pain are Better Than Years of a Dull Ache
The other day I answered a question from a woman who was struggling with a decision: listen to her gut or continue to live with a man whom she loves but has serious flaws. Forgiving a loved one’s flaws is one thing, forgetting your happiness is another. This 40-something woman added to this conversation with […] Read more…
Putting Relationships to Work – Don’t Forget the People Around You
Today I have some more advice from a 40-something who started her own event planning business 20 years ago and today teaches event management at NYU and has expanded her business to consulting young grads about branding “you” amongst other things. I shared her advice about relationships — never underestimate the power of them — […] Read more…
What to Do When You Love Him, But Your GUT says GET OUT?
Q. I want to be with my boyfriend but we have major issues he won’t address. We are moving into a new apartment on May 1. Every fiber in my body is telling me to get out. At least get out and live on my own where I can stop and breathe and think. But I can’t […] Read more…
“Get Real Barbie” Gets It
Kudos to this 20-something girl who in an effort to combat the pressure women feel to be thin make a life size model of what Barbie would look like if she were a real person. WOW. If this doesn’t go to show the unrealistic pressures women face as we form our scripts for what we […] Read more…
Three Gifts for a Twenty-Something (17)
Every time I interview a 40-something woman for 40:20 Vision I ask them what 3 “gifts” would they give a 20-something if they were a “Forty-Godmother”. Here’s one woman’s gifts: 1. The ability to look at a situation and see it from the other person’s perspective. 2. Immunity to worrying much about things, […] Read more…
There Is No Perfect Path, There Is Only the Path You Are On
Many 40-something women share the hindsight that there will be many paths in life so don’t be so hard on yourself in your 20s” The gift they want to give 20-somethings is freedom from the pressure to choose a path because you feel like the train is leaving the station. 40-something women…tell me how you […] Read more…
Your 20s are Not a Stepping Stone to Real Life
There is a lot of talk today about delayed adulthood or extended adolescence. In some ways it diminishes the time for what it is. There will always be uncertainty in life…accept it and revel in the uncertainty. Don’t wait for certainty. This women has a great perspective on appreciating your 20-something lifestage. Your 20s […] Read more…