Middle age is so much more difficult than I thought it was going to be. Health scares, what do I do with my hair, are people looking at me wondering if I am actually a bloke, should I start wearing makeup or will that make it worse, why do I feel so dowdy and how do I dress my age without looking like I am chasing my lost youth. I'm Gen X FFS I am not supposed to care about this rubbish!
I know. I don't want to care about it, but I also don't want to not care about it, and I definitely don't want to look like I care about it, but I don't want to look like I don't care 🤣
I find the correct answer to "What do you do?" depends on who asks it. Do you want to impress them, appear dull so they won't ask more questions which are difficult to answer, or find a point of connection? I noticed you cleverly dodged answering it in this piece ;)
At 68 I still ask myself what I do and what do I want to do! The health things are an unexpected horror and recently I discovered what I wear really does influence my mood. I’m going for what makes me feel good and any one finding that weird is welcome to do that. Way too much worrying about this stuff is not good and it sucks the joy out of the day. I’m sitting at AGSA about to go and see Australian Women in Europe, sipping ginger and lemon tea and feeling deliciously relaxed. Enjoy your day/week. 😊
SO glad you are okay, despite the health scare. I’m feeling very middle-aged-mired this long weekend too. Freaking out quietly about how I will be unable to afford health scares and when they might come, about the ceiling mould in the sunroom and about having my own wardrobe reckoning due to weight gain that is happening despite my diet being better than it used to be and my movement roughly the same. Middle age, ugh. But I guess better than the alternative? I like that you bought a denim mini and anklet! I am, on the other hand, experimenting with winter maxi skirts because I feel my weight gain might be making my miniskirts undignified.
Yeah, the change in body shape has definitely been part of my wardrobe issue, because even though lots of things still technically fit, nothing is quite right anymore. I would say my mini skirt is on the maxi side! (The ceiling mould might be a leak in the roof which is relatively easy to fix? That did happened to us a few years ago)
Middle age is so much more difficult than I thought it was going to be. Health scares, what do I do with my hair, are people looking at me wondering if I am actually a bloke, should I start wearing makeup or will that make it worse, why do I feel so dowdy and how do I dress my age without looking like I am chasing my lost youth. I'm Gen X FFS I am not supposed to care about this rubbish!
I know. I don't want to care about it, but I also don't want to not care about it, and I definitely don't want to look like I care about it, but I don't want to look like I don't care 🤣
Big YES to invigorating one's wardrobe.
I find the correct answer to "What do you do?" depends on who asks it. Do you want to impress them, appear dull so they won't ask more questions which are difficult to answer, or find a point of connection? I noticed you cleverly dodged answering it in this piece ;)
"appear dull so they won't ask more questions" cracked me up!
At 68 I still ask myself what I do and what do I want to do! The health things are an unexpected horror and recently I discovered what I wear really does influence my mood. I’m going for what makes me feel good and any one finding that weird is welcome to do that. Way too much worrying about this stuff is not good and it sucks the joy out of the day. I’m sitting at AGSA about to go and see Australian Women in Europe, sipping ginger and lemon tea and feeling deliciously relaxed. Enjoy your day/week. 😊
SO glad you are okay, despite the health scare. I’m feeling very middle-aged-mired this long weekend too. Freaking out quietly about how I will be unable to afford health scares and when they might come, about the ceiling mould in the sunroom and about having my own wardrobe reckoning due to weight gain that is happening despite my diet being better than it used to be and my movement roughly the same. Middle age, ugh. But I guess better than the alternative? I like that you bought a denim mini and anklet! I am, on the other hand, experimenting with winter maxi skirts because I feel my weight gain might be making my miniskirts undignified.
Yeah, the change in body shape has definitely been part of my wardrobe issue, because even though lots of things still technically fit, nothing is quite right anymore. I would say my mini skirt is on the maxi side! (The ceiling mould might be a leak in the roof which is relatively easy to fix? That did happened to us a few years ago)