I’ve been on the planet for 48 years. My hair is going grey. My face and other parts are sagging. Wrinkles appear with zits on top of them. My hip doesn’t work right. My feet hurt. My fingers are stiff. A while back I had been feeling all of this keenly and knew that I had to change the internalized images I held about aging. Somehow, the sexist, ageist culture had seeped into my deepest sense of what aging means. I was feeling washed up, used up, old, dry, grey.
Of course I know that all of this is an illusion. That it doesn’t matter. That life is impermanent. But I also live in the real world and in the cyber world. The world of lovely young airbrushed images.
In this cyber-real world, what did I do to cheer myself up, to change those internal pictures? Therapy? Church? Support groups? No, I created a Pinterest page called “Aging Gracefully Feistily and….” Now when I feel that anti-aging voice of internalized oppression creeping into my thoughts, I turn to the internet. Check out my lovely board of feisty, fun, life-loving over 40 women…. They are an inspiration.
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I’m really feeling it. What good timing. I haven’t even ventured into Pinterest yet, but I’ll check it out because I need some inspiration to combat my aches & pains and gray roots. xo
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Xo. There is life after youth😄
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I can see already you have two people I admire greatly there — Beatrice Wood & Joan Didion. I did a report on Beatrice Wood when I was in grad school in NYC. She didn’t even start her ceramics until she was in her 40’s. I love that.
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She’s very cool. can’t believe creating this board really helped my sel-esteem, but it did. Does. We dont see enough images like this!
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There are some really great women pictured there. I will endeavor to live up to their example. I think I’ll let my hair grow out.
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What a great board! Thank you! I’m following. ;}
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Thank you!
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Vey wise move and words. Someone said that age is just number and it’s very right.
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