{"id":130189,"date":"2025-04-04T07:26:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T12:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/?p=130189"},"modified":"2025-07-09T17:39:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T22:39:53","slug":"lets-talk-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/04\/lets-talk-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s talk…"},"content":{"rendered":"

**Always include random pictures on these posts as there are not specific pictures that relate necessarily to what I talking about- a little eye candy never hurt anyone!**<\/em><\/p>\n

Hi friends,<\/p>\n

I\u2019m really enjoying these \u201clet\u2019s talk\u201d posts\u2014and it seems like many of you are, too\u2014so let\u2019s keep the conversation going.<\/p>\n

Lately, I\u2019ve been thinking a lot about how our perspective shifts as we get older. It seems like our priorities subtly realign, and suddenly, we\u2019re looking at life through a different lens. For me, that lens started to shift after 50 and since,\u00a0 it\u2019s become more profound\u00a0 the time marches on.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s this strange moment when you realize you might be doing something for the last time. That thought hit me hard.<\/em> I remember being in Amsterdam at the Keukenhof tulip Festival last year and thinking, \u201cI hope this isn\u2019t the last time I get to experience this.\u201d I\u2019m determined to make sure it\u2019s not\u2014but even having that thought was eye-opening.<\/p>\n

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The same happened when I went skiing a year or two ago and the last time I rode Duke\u2014I caught myself thinking, \u201cCould this be the last time?\u201d These moments stick with you. The truth is, riding is definitely\u00a0 likely behind me and skiing probably as well. I will never say never but its unlikely. So, its coming to terms and succumbing to these feelings that has been eye opening to say theleast.<\/p>\n

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And while that realization can feel heavy, it\u2019s also become powerful motivator. It\u2019s made me look at time differently\u2014how I spend it, who I spend it with, and what I choose to say yes to. I\u2019m no longer interested in putting off trips, special dinners, or even maybe some spontaneous adventures that come my way. I want to make time count.\u00a0 I want to be more intentional, more mindful, and more present in the time I have\u2014especially with the people who mean the most to me.<\/p>\n

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The silver lining? This shift isn\u2019t a negative one. In fact, it might be the best thing that\u2019s happened to my perspective. I find myself saying things like, \u201cWell, if we\u2019re lucky, we have 20 (hopefully many more)\u00a0 more good years to enjoy it\u2014so let\u2019s go for it.\u201d It feels freeing, even a little thrilling\u2014to be impulsive in a mindful, meaningful way. There are time or decisions I would have to make that would normally take some time for me to consider, but I am becoming a little more “responsibly impulsive” *new term! Haha!<\/p>\n

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Now, the other part to this is that I feel really young. I think really young. And when people tell me I look young (for my age) that makes me feel younger. I still feel like there are few things I cannot do. In fact, don’t judge- but I read the other day that many\/most adults after they turn 50 forget how to skip. Yes, I said skip as in that thing we used to do as kids. So I decided to put it to the test, and though I was definitely rusty, even to the point of being comical (at first I had my doubts) the stubborn part of me persevered and yes,\u00a0 I was able to skip. Try it…you will give yourself a laugh unless you are a regular “skipper”. I think the last time I skipped was maybe at 15 year olds!<\/p>\n

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So in some ways I am willing myself to do things that some might not. I am most definitely a high energy, multi tasker and thankfully so far, haven’t lost it. I may get pooped every now and then but my energy level is still quite high. I want to take advantage of it and keep doing things on my “wish list”! I don’t want to wake up one morning and feel that I am ” too old or its “too late”. I will push myself at times to do something just to prove I can. Wrong or right, its just who I am. So….now its your turn to weigh in.\u00a0 I\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n

Have you experienced this kind of shift in perspective?<\/p>\n

What has changed for you as you\u2019ve gotten older?<\/p>\n

Are there things you\u2019re no longer willing to put off and how relatable is my post to where you are in life?<\/p>\n

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Hope you enjoyed my post. It felt good discussing something that I have been thinking about and I will be so curious to see how you feel. And don’t forget to try and skip, would be so curious as to how that goes:) Hope you have a great Friday! Until next time…..<\/p>\n

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**Always include random pictures on these posts as there are not specific pictures that relate necessarily to what I talking about- a little eye candy never hurt anyone!** Hi friends, I\u2019m really enjoying these \u201clet\u2019s talk\u201d posts\u2014and it seems like many of you are, too\u2014so let\u2019s keep the conversation going. Lately, I\u2019ve been thinking a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":130192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4686],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130189"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130189"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132117,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130189\/revisions\/132117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}