Midlife Credo Blog

Midlife Makeover Year 4 COMPLETE

Midlife Makeover Year 4 COMPLETE

Four years into the midlife makeover and still moving along. Sometimes forward, sometimes backward. But with (mostly) overall progress. https://youtu.be/sKjw-ZwNys4 CREDOS 𝐂onfident 𝐑adiant 𝐄xcellent 𝐃auntless 𝐎ptimistic 𝐒uccessful Charitable Foundation A lifelong...

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How to Handle Unwanted Inheritances

How to Handle Unwanted Inheritances

I know, I know. What kind of question is this? When we think of inheritances, we usually think of cash. And if you don't want your cash inheritance, I will gladly take on that burden for you! But what if the inheritance is something we don't want to keep forever? In a...

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Overcoming My Midlife Malaise Exacerbated by Stupid Covid

Overcoming My Midlife Malaise Exacerbated by Stupid Covid

Midlife malaise—a general feeling of uneasiness often associated with reaching middle age—is not a phrase I coined. But I have experienced it. It's something of a listless uncertainty about the future. I'm more than halfway through my life. Now that circumstances have...

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How to Overcome the Post-Holiday Letdown

Are you in a slump? Do you struggle with lack of enthusiasm after the holidays and new year? You are not alone! https://youtu.be/LlVfwlGMD00 This year—with all the midlife changes—it was worse than usual. I filmed this video in January. Yet it took me until almost...

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Midlife Makeover Year 3 COMPLETE

Three years into the midlife makeover and moving forward! The world (government?) has put our lives on hold, but it doesn’t have to stop you cold. (I’m a poet!) Keep going! https://youtu.be/p_dnHquOz70 CREDOS 𝐂onfident 𝐑adiant 𝐄xcellent 𝐃auntless 𝐎ptimistic 𝐒uccessful...

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10 Ways to Combat the Midlife Covid Slump

10 Ways to Combat the Midlife Covid Slump

This past year and a half has been a doozy. For all of us. While recognizing the impact to some was far more devastating than to others, I'll take a moment to avoid relative privation and focus on a particular kind of difficulty this "stay home; stay safe" mentality...

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How to Fall Asleep and Stay Asleep in Midlife

How to Fall Asleep and Stay Asleep in Midlife

Sharing a bedroom with my older sister as children, I drove the poor girl nuts. She (literally, no hyperbole) learned to go to sleep with her fingers in her ears. As a true blue night owl from my earliest memories (at two years old and still in diapers!) I well...

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7 Ways to Keep Learning in Midlife

7 Ways to Keep Learning in Midlife

The only way I know to be truly fulfilled, is to keep growing and learning. You've heard of "lifelong learners"? That's what I want to be. Here, I'm sharing with you the resources I have personally used and highly recommend. After I graduated from college, I was on my...

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Is Liquid Einstein Worth It?

You’ve heard of energy drinks. Have you heard of a nootropic focus drink to help with brain fog? If not, you are not alone. I'd never heard of such a thing until the company reached out asking if I'd like to try the Liquid Einstein Quantum Orange. Per usual, I said I...

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Racism, Hairism, Jerks, and a Simple Solution

Racism, Hairism, Jerks, and a Simple Solution

I'd rather be dead than red in the head. I grew up hating my flaming ginger hair, hearing such brilliant repartee as that above. Once I entered public school, I quickly learned it was the worst possible physical trait, the root of all evil, the spawn of satan....

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5 Ways to Conquer a Midlife Crisis

5 Ways to Conquer a Midlife Crisis

If a midlife crisis is getting you down, don't despair. If it's too late for that advice, then close your eyes, take a deep cleansing breath, and get ready to step forward with faith. You really can make your second half the better half—but it will take some tenacity,...

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