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5 Tips for Internal Spring Cleaning (the Gen X Way)
Spring is finally upon us! And with it comes renewed hope for making changes this year.
While many folks use spring to focus on external spring cleaning, it’s also a great time to do some internal spring cleaning that can support you in making a shift.
Here are five tips tailor-made for Gen X’ers to do some internal spring cleaning.
Uncertainty Bites: How Gen X Can Find Confidence, Courage, and Clarity Through Life Transitions
Like most of the world, Gen X'ers are facing a lot of uncertainty. But the uncertainty that Gen X'ers are facing now seems to have a particular "flavor." It's an uncertainty that has crept in with all the deceptiveness of the intro to a Spandau Ballet song.
This uncertainty has a bit more bite to it.
And in the face of that uncertainty, we can begin to feel restless, hopeless, in despair, or even apathetic.
So how do we face the uncertainty that comes with these natural life transitions?
Here are some tips for harnessing the power of confidence, courage, and clarity to navigate those choppy waters.
Is GenX Comfortably Numb? A Simple Practice to Get Comfortable with Feelings
There’s a general stereotype that GenX’ers are aloof, gruff, snarky, sarcastic, and champions of “tough love.”
Whether that stereotype is justified or not, and whether you identify with that stereotype or not, there’s one thing that I feel was true for me and other GenX’ers I know who grew up in the 70s and 80s:
We weren’t raised to understand or value our feelings and emotions.
Learn why it’s important to connect to our feelings and a quick practice to help you do just that!
The GenX Midlife Career Crisis Survival Guide: 4 Steps
There’s something in the air that I’ve noticed…
both because I experienced it personally in my mid-40’s, and now I see many other GenX’ers in their 40’s and 50’s experiencing it.
There’s a feeling…a stirring…a restlessness.
And the place that so many GenX’ers seem to be experiencing this feeling most intensely is in their careers. It’s called a midlife career crisis…
and here’s your Survival Guide for navigating it.
Navigating Childlessness in Your 40s and 50s: A GenX Perspective
GenX is often viewed as the generation that reinvented adulthood. And along the way, many GenXers now find themselves Childless Not By Choice. This article explores what it means to be CNBC and how GenXers can use our unique generational traits to navigate being childless in our 40s and beyond.
16 Bullshit-Free Tips to Connect to Your Purpose in Your 40s/50s
A lot of GenX’ers I know — myself included — hit their 40s or 50s and start to wonder:
Who am I? What am I doing with my life? Is this all there is?
This post gives you 16 tips—that aren’t BS—that you can start using TODAY to find your purpose in your 40s and 50s.
3 Reasons Why You Can’t Find Work-Life Balance (And You’re Not Gonna Like Them)
If I had a dollar for every time I hear “I want better work-life balance,” then I could buy the Class B+ RV that I’ve been fantasizing about.
That longing for a better “work-life balance” is the number one concern I hear from the 40- and 50-year-old GenX’ers that come to me.
So pause for a minute, listen closely . . .
and let me give you the most valuable tip you'll hear all week.
There are three reasons why you’re not finding the “work-life balance” that you desire.
You may not want to hear them; yet, if you stick with me, you’ll be glad you did.
4 Tips for 40/50-Year-Old Lawyers to Reignite Their Freedom
There's a profound irony in celebrating the 4th of July.
We Americans love to celebrate our "freedom" on this day . . .
and yet . . .
the next day, we wake up and put on the same golden handcuffs we've been wearing that leave us feeling anything BUT free.
This irony is particularly true as we enter our 40s and 50s as lawyers.
So, in honor of truly celebrating our freedom, I want to share 4 Tips for 40/50-year-old lawyers to reignite their freedom all year around.
How Learning My Core Values Changed My Life at 49
Listen up, because this week I’m going to share with you the one thing that has fundamentally changed how I live my life. That has allowed me to feel more empowered to make conscious choices to prioritize and honor what’s important to me. This is THE most important work that I think we can do for ourselves. So buckle up, settle in, and enjoy!