Women|Life

15 Things Women Over 50 Don’t GAF About

And neither should you, ever.

I have to admit, it took me an awfully long time to love the skin I’m in and find my voice.

For years I was a quiet submissive shy church mouse, a hard core people pleaser, a pathetic ‘yes sir, no sir’ girl. Until one day I wasn’t. One day I realized I could tell people exactly how I feel without sounding like a bitch.

For years I was worried about how I looked, what to wear, how to act. You get the idea.

And then one day none of it mattered anymore. This didn’t happen until I was well into my 50’s. There’s something magical and liberating about being a 50 something-year-old woman and if you are part of the “women over 50 tribe”, you know exactly what I’m talking about.

I remember thinking when I was in my 20’s and 30’s that 50 seemed so old and my whole life would just go to shit then. Little did I know. Life actually begins at 50, amirite?

This is my list…

It dawned on me the other day that I can now write about 50 something year old issues and concerns because I have lots of experience in this subject. 9 years experience to be exact.