Own Your Next Chapter
A Tiny Shift to Spark Your Mid-Life Reinvention
My laptop screen glowed, MLS stats blinking back at me, while my twice-warmed coffee turned stone-cold. Nothing was wrong, yet I felt miles away from the work that once fueled me. The kids were grown, my roles had morphed, and while life marched forward, I had somehow stayed still.
Busy ≠ Fulfilled
I kept showing up: closing deals, juggling calendars, answering emails late into the night.
- Productive: absolutely
- Connected: not even close
- Creativity: muted
- Energy: draining
- Purpose: drifting
Productivity can be a respectable form of avoidance, a socially approved distraction that postpones the harder work of looking inward. Those to-dos were bubble wrap; they cushioned me from uncertainty and muffled the invitation to step beyond what felt safe.
The Tiny Mindset Shift
One question cracked the door open:
What do I want now?
The answer did not arrive as a five-year plan. It whispered a mantra:
Do what you love. If you cannot, find meaning in what you do.
I started collecting sparks: sharing my photos to inspire others in the way the beauty I get to see on walks lifts me, sending encouraging notes, guiding a friend through a challenge and mentoring young agents. Each spark led to the next breadcrumb until a path to reinvention appeared beneath my feet.
Try This Today → Spark Journal
- Pause for five quiet minutes. Close the laptop and silence the phone.
- Recall one moment this week that lit you up, even briefly.
- Write a single sentence about why it felt energizing.
- Schedule a repeat. Put that activity, or something similar, on next week’s calendar.
Tiny actions compound. Sparks become breadcrumbs. Breadcrumbs reveal the path.
Your Next Chapter Starts Here
You are not too late.
You are not starting over.
You are starting from experience.
The messy middle is the launchpad for your Own Your Next Chapter story.
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