Finding right time in your life??

Ladyday95 · Sep 3, 2005

Anything in your life that you waited until mid-life to start??

For myself, I went back to school at 39 to become nurse....

andiesmama · Sep 3, 2005

Well....I got married when I was 31 and had my daughter when I was 36!! (am I crazy or what? )

Ladyday95 · Sep 3, 2005

andiesmama said:
Well....I got married when I was 31 and had my daughter when I was 36!! (am I crazy or what? )

Wow !!!!!

andiesmama · Sep 3, 2005

She keeps me young! lol Another thought is that when she starts kindergarden in 2 years, I'll more than likely be joining the workforce again, even for a part-time job...that means re-entering the "working world" when I'm 41!! I think that will be weird...

Ladyday95 · Sep 3, 2005

andiesmama said:
She keeps me young! lol Another thought is that when she starts kindergarden in 2 years, I'll more than likely be joining the workforce again, even for a part-time job...that means re-entering the "working world" when I'm 41!! I think that will be weird...

You have any idea what type work you want to do?? Think that would be very difficult to go back after be away for while....

crossrunner · Sep 3, 2005

I ran a 1/2 marathon on my 40th birthday. It was a blast!!

saddleup4jesus · Sep 4, 2005

Wow, you guys are an inspiration!

I find myself in a balance between past and future. I've been dealing with the emotional baggage of childhood and re-defining myself and my place in this world. I've given so many years to others and am now starting to get to know myself.

I stayed home with my boys. I loved it although it was very isolating. I now have a very part time job of rural mail carrier which I absolutely love. I've always been a mail nut, have had snailmail penpals since I was 10 so this job is perfect.

I have goals for myself but I need to get them on paper and make them real. Too many years have slipped by.

Chris

andiesmama · Sep 4, 2005

Ladyday95 said:
You have any idea what type work you want to do?? Think that would be very difficult to go back after be away for while....

I'm thinking along the lines of something in the school system, that way I'll have the same time off as Andie does....substitute teaching, working in the library or office, something like that.

hope4today · Sep 5, 2005

Well I turn 41 next month and I am in the second year of a degree. I am studying for a Bachelor of Counselling and should finish the degree at the end of 2007 which will make me 43..
After that I will probably need to do my masters and then a Dip Ed so I can lecture as well as counsel....

Goodness me...I'll be retiring before I'm working at this rate
Nah I will start counselling as soon as I have my degree and do the rest at the same time as working....

What, with looking after my three daughters and all that study, at least there'll be no time for getting into trouble

Hope

JimfromOhio · Sep 5, 2005

With 4 teenage kids and one 23 yr old disabled child, me with a full-time job, my wife is a full time homemaker PLUS full time "mommy" who hardly take "15 mins breaks". My wife and I make time after 9 pm with some cuddling and bonding in our bedroom.

saddleup4jesus · Sep 5, 2005

I've always thought that the world was backwards. I think we should go to school, then retire. Enjoy life while we really can, raise families and then decide what we wanna' be when we grow up. Since work gives many people a purpose, esp. since we'd be older and know where we really could make a difference, we could have jobs and live to 100, LOL.

Just a thought on this Labor Day.

Chris

Andry · Sep 5, 2005

Ladyday95 said:
Anything in your life that you waited until mid-life to start??

Yeah.

At the 'suggestion' of my wife when I turned 40 last January, which I had been able to delay until, alas, last Friday.......

I had my prostate examined. By our family GP. Who's actually an Ob/Gyn. A female. Around my age.

andiesmama · Sep 6, 2005

andry said:
I had my prostate examined. By our family GP. Who's actually an Ob/Gyn. A female. Around my age.

Happy Birthday to YOU!!

If Not For Grace · Sep 12, 2005

I got re-married at age 45. It's GREAT

Andry · Sep 12, 2005

dyanm said:
I got re-married at age 45. It's GREAT

Are you suggesting the rest of us do that too?

Ritz · Sep 19, 2005

I did alot before I turned 40. There isn't anything I've begun.Oh wait,knitting

~Wisdom Seeker~ · Sep 21, 2005

I had my children between 29 (almost 30) and 35 (3 months shy of 36) like you andiesmama. My youngest just turned 7, and is in the second grade. And you're right, having young children keeps you young. It's hard to think in terms of "Midlife" and "over the hill" like a lot of other people our age apparently do (as evidenced by the suggestions in the name change thread) when You're a young mommy still. )

The changes I've made in this decade are:
that I don't care so much about what other people think about me. (I used to be so overly obsessed with this, I seriously lost who I was.)
And I've become passionately interested in reading books about religion and the history of Christianity.

And, I've been applying for a job too. I work for my husbands company from home currently. But when you're self employed the health insurance just isn't good. And my youngest needs surgery. So...

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