Oh people, here I go… sharing the thing that women “of a certain age” no longer want to share.
My age.
I am turning 55.
It’s such a good number. I’m actually kind of excited for it.
Not sure how I’ll feel about 56! 😊 Trying to stay present!
The lightning bolt of an idea for WILL hit me the summer I turned 50.
Truth be told, it had been brewing for at least four years before that.
I was coaching lawyers, seeing all the things that you folks live every day.
And yet, I was in a business partnership with a best friend. We would start working on the lawyer idea, and another project would come in or he would say something that rubbed me the wrong way.
But I didn’t have the courage to break off and go out on my own. Not yet.
Then came the summer of 2016. My mom had died two years earlier. I was through the worst of the grief, and getting more irritated with myself for not going for what I wanted.
I remember, I went up to the Cape with my kids a few days ahead of my spouse and did some work from there. I had gotten off a call with my business partner and the hospital leaders where we were doing a project. It was a great project, with good people and a very important cause.
But my heart wasn’t in it.
I literally was phoning it in.
The recent breakthroughs I had had with a female lawyer client had me buzzing. I even took a call with her while on vacation as she prepped for an interview with the CEO of the startup she eventually left big law for.
I was SO excited. I felt ALIVE.
Soon that same vacation, the idea for WILL woke me up. [You can read more here]. In all honesty. I haven’t looked back.
I share this because some of you think you’re “too old” to make a change.
That you “can’t start something new.”
Please please please trust your heart, gut and energy.
{I know this is hard! I struggle with it too. But this is what we help you do in WILL}.
If you are getting another message, one filled with buzzing excitement and liveliness, tune in.
Let’s bring that to life.
In celebration of 55 years and counting,
Elena
PS – More info on how to have your own WILL Transform here.
