What You’ll Discover About Women In Midlife Noticing That Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Want To:
- Why being capable of doing something doesn’t automatically mean you still want to do it.
- Why after decades of being competent, resourceful and dependable, capability can become part of your identity.
- How the midlife chapter offers an opportunity to notice what you’re continuing out of habit, expectation, responsibility or familiarity rather than conscious choice.
- Why prioritizing the question “Do I still want to?” doesn’t mean you have to stop doing something; noticing it is not the same as deciding or taking action.
- How years of responding to children, partners, parents, customers, friends, clients and other responsibilities can make it harder to hear your own wants clearly.
- Why figuring out what you want may begin with small signals like irritation, curiosity, energy, envy, recurring thoughts, resistance or the things you keep imagining.
- How self-awareness can start by simply noticing when the thought “But I can do it” appears and then with curiosity, asking the question “But do I still want to?”
Welcome to another episode of the Women in the Middle® Podcast!
You can, but do you want to? Women over 50 are often incredibly capable. You know how to handle things, solve problems, take care of people and get stuff done. But after decades of being the woman who can, it’s easy to stop asking a completely different question: “Do I actually still want to?” In this episode, we explore the difference between capability and desire and also why something doesn’t have to become unbearable before you reconsider it.
Noticing what you want doesn’t have to be about quitting everything you don’t feel like doing or making a new, huge, midlife declaration this week. It’s about noticing.
- What’s going on with you?
- What gives you energy?
- What are you doing simply because you’ve always done it?
- What keeps getting your attention?
The big question for you is to also notice what happens when you start listening to yourself again without requiring an immediate answer? Sometimes figuring out what you want begins with one surprisingly simple question: “I know I can…but do I still want to?
Featured in this Episode
- Take the Midlife Insight Quiz and find out what your future self is craving! www.midlifequiz.com
- Book a Next Chapter Direction Session: talktosuzy.com
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Midlife QUIZ: You’re also invited to take the free “Next Chapter Midlife Quiz” to discover if your next chapter is trying to get your attention! It only takes about 90 seconds! You can start the quiz here: www.midlifequiz.com.
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