Next month I celebrate my 40th birthday. A number I approach with mixed emotions. Is it mid-life crisis? I don’t know. But, 40 is a number that stops you on your path because you realize that half of your life is over and you are ‘just’ where you are, you are ‘just’ who you are. That plans did not come to fruition, dreams did not become reality, that you did not become the perfect successful person you thought you’d become. But, it’s also a time that reminds you that life did send a few surprises your way. You did meet some good people, you did come some distance from where you started, and you still have some hope left for the rest of the years that lay ahead of you.
We all have this urge sometimes, “wish I could turn back time”, “If I could start over”, I find I’m wearing those glasses more and more these days, given the milestone I’m approaching. So, I wondered, what advice would I give my younger self? Not that I would understand, (because you have to come to truth in your own time) but nevertheless I wanted to put down a few thoughts: