If you were to attend therapy, I have been told the first thing you say about yourself lets the therapist know who YOU think you are. So, if the first thing I say about myself is that I am a woman, well that might seem obvious, but it would also let you know that I value that. If I were to continue and say, I am a child of God. That would give you some insight as well. I am a writer and producer. I am a wife and mother of four children. I am a friend, a sister, a daughter. Interesting placement order… don’t you think?
I am enjoying this time of my life. This “middle age”. I now allow myself small indulgences like, leaving for a month and going to Africa to shoot two films. Traveling to New York and Park City and China to pursue my career as a filmmaker.
I also schedule time with my husband, children and friends and also time for quiet and solitude and service.
Life after 50 is liberating because I have freed myself from what I thought was the right thing to do. I now do what is the right thing for me to do.