Many of us,
due to the great changes
around us,
are starting over.
There are some
myths
around doing that.
Ephie Johnson,
the president of
Neighborhood Christian Centers,
shares
“You could grit and grind
as a 19-year-old,
until you get to 25 or 30,
and you’re finally getting there.
But at 30, 40 years old
now you are trying to start over again?
How are you going to do that?
It’s hard.”
There are three myths
within those statements.
1) You never ‘get there.’
If you’re not regularly
re-inventing yourself
or starting over,
you’ll eventually
be forced to do that.
There is NO shame
around starting over.
None.
It is a part of life
now.
There is no getting
to one point,
landing one job,
and staying there.
Those days are over
for the majority
of us.
2) Being older
makes it EASIER
to start over,
not harder.
Yes, you might not have
the same level
of energy or enthusiasm
but you should have
knowledge, connections,
experience
to more than offset that.
The article proves that
again and again.
The people interviewed
might temporarily need
food banks
but they have cars.
Some of them
have houses.
They have neighbors
and family
and other loved ones.
and
3) Starting over
is always hard.
Change isn’t easy for younger people
and it isn’t easy for older people.
Change is necessary.
It is unavoidable.
But it is never easy.
I find it challenging
and I’m a project manager
and a serial entrepreneur.
My life is constant change.
If you’re starting over,
know that you’ve done this
in the past.
You started over
when you moved into
a new neighborhood,
when you took your last job,
when you started a new relationship,
when you did most
of the key things
in your life.
You managed that
and you will manage now.
You can do this.