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The Good Years Are Still Ahead of You
By: Vickie Milazzo , Posted On: 2007-08-20

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Every woman who reaches m

d-life – that halfway stop where dr

ams have been either realized or

bandoned – looks around and wonders, “Wh

t’s next?” The kids are grown, the c

reer is schlepping along and you w

ke up each day feeling just a l

ttle bit lost. What happened to the l

fe you imagined when you were tw

nty-one, with all those years ahead of y

u? The good news: they’re still

head of you. Women have the c

pacity to live two, or more, d

fferent and equally exciting lifetimes. Dreams and v

sions tend to morph over time. G

ided by family and career experiences, we g

in wisdom and perspective that was not p

ssible for us in those early y

ars. Amazingly, the future we perceive now is m

ch more attainable because of those

xperiences. Stoke the Fire – Promise y

urself that from this moment on you w

ll: 1. Live and work a p

ssionate life. What excites you right n

w, today? If it’s travel, promise y

urself you’ll travel at least once a y

ar, if only on weekends or to n

arby, unexplored towns. If you yearn to p

rsue a latent talent, such as wr

ting or music, make that pursuit a pr

ority. If you crave a new c

reer, look for opportunities to fan th

t flame.
2. Go for it or reject it

utright. Make a plan and execute it. Q

ickly decide to go full-speed in p

rsuing your vision or to reject it and c

me up with a new goal you can

ttain. 3. Take action every day. Jump in! Sp

nd 15 minutes daily on your

ction plan. Write only one page a day and you can f

nish a book in a year, but s

tting down to write an entire b

ok can feel too daunting to

ven begin. Start small, start now. 4. B

a success student for life. Imm

rse yourself in a vision of y

ur future and seek out the kn

wledge that will bring you to the n

xt level. A travel enthusiast could l

arn about the culture, take a c

oking class or host an exchange st

dent. To expand your career or b

siness, find a mentor or request new ch

llenges outside of your daily job d

scription. 5. Believe you can do anything. B

lieving is 90% of the win. If you b

lieve that your next 40 years can be wh

tever you want to make them, no m

tter the challenges or what anyone

lse tells you, you will succeed.
The m

gic of these Five Promises is th

t they are not complex, they can w

rk for any goal and, most

mportantly, they will instill the confidence n

cessary to succeed. By reaffirming these F

ve Promises every day, any woman can st

ke the midlife fire and reinvent her l

fe.

The article The Good Years Are Still Ahead of You was Submitted by Vickie Milazzo through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Inc. Top 10 Entrepreneur, Vckie L. Milazzo, RN, MSN, JD is the funder and president of Vickie Milazzo Insttute, a legal nurse consultant training and certification company. She is the author of Inside Every Woman: Using the 10 Strengths You Didn’t Know You Had to Get the Career and Life You Want Now , 2006.

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