Over the past couple of evenings, I've watched the latest Atlanta and Beverly Hills Real Housewives episodes and while I agree that we need a little guilty pleasure in our lives to help us cope with our reality, I felt it was time to talk about putting the remote down and begin living life as opposed to watching it.
In terms of reality television,. we know that"reality" is a misnomer. Reality shows are about as real as a three dollar bill. Yet millions of people tune in to watch the Housewives and Khardashians every week. What about your reality? Doesn't that deserve a little attention too?
Middle age doesn't represent the end of the road or the death of dreams. In fact, if we're smart we will use this time to pursue goals and go after things we've long dreamed about. However that will require some action on our part, which means we should turn the television off, or at least DVR the programs, and get started on whatever is in our hearts to do. One of the high points of getting older is that we are supposed to get wiser. Why play Monday morning armchair quarterback in your life? Get out there and make something happen.
Granted it's much easier said than done. Many of us have responsibilities to our families, work or might be battling a chronic illness. Yet that shouldn't stop us from carving out time for ourselves. Whether it's writing a novel, starting a business, painting, designing clothes or whatever. Carpe Diem! Seize the day! Life is a precious gift, it isn't a dress rehearsal, it's the real show.. So instead of watching Lisa, Kim, Ne Ne and Bethenny to name a few, take a page from their book and go after what you want.
Though I am talking a great game, I know this is especially hard for me. Again without getting into religion, I was involved in one that told me that if I were to leave it nothing good would happen for me. I would be worse than a dog returning to its vomit. How's that for imagery? I spent years waiting for the other shoe to drop because that statement was ingrained in my mind. It stopped me from moving forward and taking risks. It took almost 17 years before I got the courage to expel those words from my mind and I have been better for it.
I started writing and I've been published. I have continued to pursue my writing career. I hope to have not only another wedding book and companion show for Down That Aisle A Celebration of Romance and Style for Curvy Brides. I hope to take a few of my romance novels to the big or small screen, most notably Not His Type, Indigo Books which just came out on Kindle, Nook, iPad and other e-readers. I finally realized that thinking about it wasn't going to be enough, I had to take action.
Moreover, I didn't want to be a hypocrite in front of my sons. I am always encouraging them to put down the controller and get out there and live life. I'm also going to be a first time aunt in a few weeks when my neice or nephew enters the world and I'd like to be someone he or she can look up to. I want them to say my aunt, came, she saw and she did. So as a condition of being. North of Forty Plus, I'm practicing what I preach.
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