{"id":35693,"date":"2025-12-03T10:19:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T15:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/?p=35693"},"modified":"2025-12-03T11:04:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T16:04:22","slug":"how-do-you-feel-about-aging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/blogs\/afternoons\/2025\/12\/how-do-you-feel-about-aging\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do You Feel About Aging?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m going to share something with you.\u00a0 I have STRUGGLED with getting older.\u00a0 I mean, I never did until after I hit 50.\u00a0 After that, things got noticeably different and I felt different.<\/p>\n

I know, hormones change and fluctuate and vacate the premises leaving us in this weird state of being that nobody can ever prepare you for.\u00a0 #ifyouknowyouknow<\/p>\n

Grey hair.\u00a0 Wrinkles.\u00a0 A little extra weight.\u00a0 \u00a0Looking at your reflection in the mirror and not recognizing who you see.\u00a0 The thought “when did I get so old?” creep into your brain.<\/p>\n

I started to really “see it” when I first let my hair go grey during the pandemic.\u00a0 Then I noticed a few more wrinkles.\u00a0 Neck wrinkles!\u00a0 What the heck!\u00a0 How do I hide those? (smile) and then I hit my 50th birthday and I coloured my hair again only to regret it almost immediately because not only did that mean going through the very lengthy process of growing out the grey again (someday), but mostly because I didn’t feel like myself.\u00a0 I felt I was trying to cover up and be someone I wasn’t.\u00a0 And no, that is in no way a dis to anyone who colours their hair.\u00a0 I love seeing beautiful colours on women.\u00a0 I just felt I couldn’t keep up with covering up my roots, and I was trying to do it with the boxed colours that never seemed to match and I just gave up out of frustration.<\/p>\n

My oldest daughter says I should go back to colouring my hair when I hit 60.\u00a0 (smile).\u00a0 \u00a0We’ll see.\u00a0 Every time I see an older picture where I coloured my hair I’m so tempted to go back to bold colours.<\/p>\n

It’s not right or wrong. It’s what FEELS GOOD TO YOU that matters.<\/p>\n

But hair colour is just a part of getting older.\u00a0 It’s feeling good in your skin.\u00a0 It’s style.\u00a0 It’s personality.\u00a0 It’s feeling relevant.\u00a0 It’s feeling purpose.<\/p>\n

So much changes as you get older and big life changes happen.\u00a0 Kids leave home.\u00a0 Menopause.\u00a0 Aging parents.\u00a0 We start examing our lives, our legacy and more.<\/p>\n

I saw something online today that I wanted to share because I think so many of us need the reminder that it’s okay to embrace who we are without trying to be something or someone else.\u00a0 Linda Hamilton, who is 69 by the way, is speaking up and talking about her rejection of Hollywood beauty standars and cosmetic surgery.<\/p>\n

She says, “This is the face that I’ve earned.\u00a0 Instead of leaning into the current anti-aging obsession, Linda is focusing on taking care of her body, prioritizing yoga and pilates in her routine.<\/p>\n

Love that.\u00a0 There’s nothing wrong with wanting to look younger, feel younger and do the things that help you FEEL good about yourself.\u00a0 There’s also power in accepting yourself for as you are and not trying to change who you are and how you look.\u00a0 Grey hair, wrinkles and all.<\/p>\n

I don’t know if YOU needed to be reminded of that, but I sure did.<\/p>\n

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