I Didn’t Think I’d Be Reinventing Myself in Midlife, And Then I Went And Did It Anyway

No pensaba que tendría que reinventarme en la mediana edad… y aun así, lo hice.

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If you’d told me a few months prior to it happening that at 45 I’d lose my source of income, my marriage, and my savings all in one year, I wouldn’t have believed you. Yet, there I was: single, broke, and terrified with two young kids needing stability I wasn’t sure I could provide. I cried. A lot. I tried not to do it  in front of the kids.

The weight of responsibility was overwhelming. I remember one night sitting on my kitchen floor after putting my children to bed, staring at an empty fridge and wondering how I would make it through the week. But after wiping away the tears, I knew I had a choice: stay stuck or start over.

To make a long story short, in under a year I went from being on welfare to making a living fulltime as a writer and editor online, and never looked back. You may also read about it in my book Reach, from Singl…