Getting “eased out” was a gift. It allowed me the time and space of mind to think about what I really wanted from the third phase of my life. Thanks for this Leanne!
What happens then is freedom, and the challenge to reconnect with our passions (or create new ones). I left my biotech career in my early sixties - I'd been writing FDA submissions and managing other writers for decades - to write exactly what I feel like. Now editing my fifth book, "Write & Sell a Well-Seasoned Romance," a guide to writing Romance novels with older protagonists. Let's rewrite the narrative about older women, one love story at a time.
Getting fired was such a gift. Sent me back to my first love, painting. No, I don’t make very much money…about a tenth of what I made as an art director 😏…but oh, the freedom of deciding for myself if a work is good, or done. Priceless.
Maxine, as ever, you are an inspiration! Your creativity and contentment come through in everything I see you do, at least on social media. I have to agree that getting fired was a gift for me, too, way back in the day when it set up my Memphis newspaper career. Sure didn't feel like it at the time, though.
Getting “eased out” was a gift. It allowed me the time and space of mind to think about what I really wanted from the third phase of my life. Thanks for this Leanne!
What happens then is freedom, and the challenge to reconnect with our passions (or create new ones). I left my biotech career in my early sixties - I'd been writing FDA submissions and managing other writers for decades - to write exactly what I feel like. Now editing my fifth book, "Write & Sell a Well-Seasoned Romance," a guide to writing Romance novels with older protagonists. Let's rewrite the narrative about older women, one love story at a time.
Love this article! As a recently retired woman who turned 67 this month, it is inspiring. Thanks for sharing the story.
Getting fired was such a gift. Sent me back to my first love, painting. No, I don’t make very much money…about a tenth of what I made as an art director 😏…but oh, the freedom of deciding for myself if a work is good, or done. Priceless.
Maxine, as ever, you are an inspiration! Your creativity and contentment come through in everything I see you do, at least on social media. I have to agree that getting fired was a gift for me, too, way back in the day when it set up my Memphis newspaper career. Sure didn't feel like it at the time, though.