When we’re living in the prime of our lives, it’s quite
likely we’re also wearing many hats that we self-identify with as we attempt to
juggle multiple responsibilities—and identities. If we’re lucky, we will actually have the
good fortune to experience most of the significant life changes that come with
a full life, e.g., I learned early on to see retirement as a life change from
success to significance and reset my life course to embrace it. We choose many of our life changes and identities
and others are thrust upon us. I now
identify as a cancer survivor, not by choice, but circumstance.
I recently watched a short video discussing major life
changes that confirmed they don’t just change circumstances but also our identity
as well. And the new version of you hasn’t
arrived yet which can take some serious adjustments of self. A good question to ask is “Who am I now learning
to become?” and embrace it. That’s the
hardest part. Who is this new person I
have become that now others, especially new acquaintances, see me in the world
at that time in my life? This may be an
easier adjustment for those I just met versus folks I have known all of
my life.
And just to keep life interesting, I've migrated from the vast Inland Ocean of Kansas to North Carolina's Atlantic Ocean.
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