I am turning 40 this year... Forty... the big 4-0... 40... Forty? Forty! I have declared the entire year to be MY year... Some would call this a mid-life crisis... I call it my mid-life "kickoff". Here is how I look at it... If I have to be forty (and not really ready for it), I feel like I need to seize control of being forty and take advantage of this rare, once in a lifetime (literally), opportunity to make it mine.
Here is what I have planned for this year...all using "well, I am turning 40" as my excuse and/or rationalization:
*Cleaning lady... I no longer have the time, energy, or will to clean my own house... some may call it laziness but it is the best gift I have ever given myself. I love this woman... having someone clean my house is more addictive than anything else... seriously, try it and you will agree with me.
*Trip to NYC... No birthday would be complete without a trip to commemorate the date. I have been in the state of New York a number of times and STILL have never been to the City... I have to go there. It feels like the right place, with the right energy to turn forty... Look out NYC, here we come!
*Birthday Party... I am having a party... for myself. I know... the polite and modest way to do things is to let someone else surprise you (sort of ) with a party... you are the guest of honor and they shower you with love and birthday wishes. Okay... so, I don't need the "pity party" because "Jen is turning 40 and there is no one to have a party for her" party... I am going to throw myself a party... where I invite all of my favorite people, I wear a fabulous dress and even more fabulous shoes, and basically show 40 who the boss is. Uncorkt, June 23... it is booked and it will be fun, I promise.
And that is just the start... who knows what else I will come up with in the name of turning 40. It is fair to say that I plan to rationalize my way through the entire year using "I'm turning 40" as my excuse.
So let's get serious for a minute... the fact of the matter is that by 40, as women, we have been through a lot. We have been through the carefree years of childhood, the teenage years of insecurity, college years of mischief... Most of us have fallen in love, fallen out of love, we have gotten married (and maybe divorced), and brought kids into the world... We have broken hearts and had our hearts broken. We have gotten smarter, gotten jobs, gotten better jobs...lost jobs, gotten new jobs... found a career, abandoned a career, found a new career. We have made friends, lost friends... found lifelong friends. We have lost people we care about to illness and old age and tragedy. Think about it... a lot has already happened... and we are just getting started.
So, I am calling this year my "kickoff"... to the rest of my life, to the best of my life. Bring it on...
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