"Spacious" is doing a lot of necessary work in this post. The shift from proving to trusting is the whole thing! I bet 2026 is treating you beautifully.
One being that when I got to 50 i eventually started my own consultancy, in, usually significant, Business Change, initiatives.
I did this as I knew I’d had enough of corporate politics / bollox and felt I could both both get much more “comfortable in my own skin” balance in life and satisfy my clients needs better, if I had no… axe to grind - baggage to carry - career issues to constrain / reach for.
‘Cos I could simply “say it how I saw it / it really was” (with appropriate politeness / tact… or not, situation dependent.
Secondly earlier this year I did a few posts along the lines of “what 3 words” are you/ were you / do you want to be… as a true north descriptor of you.
I just find both similarities with your post… quite interesting 🤔😉😎
"Spacious" is doing a lot of necessary work in this post. The shift from proving to trusting is the whole thing! I bet 2026 is treating you beautifully.
This is a word I keep coming back to as we're halfway through the year, around what that looks and feels like and why it doesn't at certain times.
Interesting post for a couple of reasons to me.
One being that when I got to 50 i eventually started my own consultancy, in, usually significant, Business Change, initiatives.
I did this as I knew I’d had enough of corporate politics / bollox and felt I could both both get much more “comfortable in my own skin” balance in life and satisfy my clients needs better, if I had no… axe to grind - baggage to carry - career issues to constrain / reach for.
‘Cos I could simply “say it how I saw it / it really was” (with appropriate politeness / tact… or not, situation dependent.
Secondly earlier this year I did a few posts along the lines of “what 3 words” are you/ were you / do you want to be… as a true north descriptor of you.
I just find both similarities with your post… quite interesting 🤔😉😎
Those milestone years give us perspective and courage to do the thing in the way we want to do it.
I should add that was 10+ years ago. I’m now retired. That change was a direction of travel towards how I wanted my world to be.
I appreciate where you are headed, and the journey to get there. Thank you fir the honest reflection AND happiest of birthdays!
Thank you!
Your description of who you work with jumps right off the page, Melissa. I would trust you with my biggest decisions!
Thank you. That means a lot!