RESILIENCE IN MID LIFE & OLDER YEARS

How to actually be resilient....

Hello There, you lovely lot

Happy New Year! I hope you had the most marvellous Christmas and New Year, and are ready to face what 2025 may throw at us.

When I use the term “throw at us” I use that wisely. I’ve gone on record saying previously that I don’t think 2025 will be an easy year in the UK. Without getting too political, there’s far too many resources that are struggling to breaking point, and when this happens it not only affects the resource that is struggling, but other resources or agencies that integrate with it. Think social services and the NHS.

Thinking about that only makes me anxious and worried about the future, so one of the ways I’m trying to uplift myself is to look at ways to make me (and you lot, too) more resilient to navigate the waves that may come our way.

And truthfully, even if the current status quo was totally hunky dory (have you ever know that in your lifetime, though?) big waves can hit us in our personal lives just as much.

That’s the way life is, isn’t it?

So, although it’s January and traditionally the theme for January is “New Year, New Me”, I’m flipping that and having “Resilience in Mid Life” as my theme for January (and possibly longer - dependent on what good content I can find and whether I think it’s relevant to my fab 45 Not Out community).

So, all my 45 Not Out social media posts will be around resilience. And if you want to track down my social media platforms, you need to be looking at my private Facebook Group (you will need to ask to join this - please mention you subscribe to the newsletter), Instagram and TikTok. If you’re on any of these platforms, please pop over and say hi!

So, resilience then. What have I found out?