Analysis Paralysis is a common cause of being stuck and it can be down right sneaky. Analysis paralysis can trick us — we’re busy, busy, busy….yet we’re just spinning our wheels!

My husband and I just became part of a growing trend – suburbanites who sell their house and move into the city in their 50s or 60s.

You’re stuck. Something’s amiss in your life but you’re not even sure what. The routine you’ve fallen into now feels dull and worn out. Hmmm….but your inner voice is telling you there is something else out there for you. Bad news, you have absolutely NO idea of what that “something else” is.

Summer is an adventure in fullness, ripeness, bounty, and can symbolize our dreams having matured and being realized. Wonderful opportunities can flourish under the bright sunshine if we are open to them. Greeting this new season with an open heart and holding intentions can make a difference.

Two recent news items on the same theme: a broken marriage. First, a new book, Runaway Husbands: The Abandoned Wife’s Guide to Recovery and Renewal. Second: Tipper and Al Gore are separating. The book talks about marriages ultimately based on delusion. Wives whose husbands abruptly announce they are leaving; each wife is stunned. She had no idea the marriage was unhappy or in trouble. She’s caught totally off-guard. The Gores’ story is about a mutual decision to part company. A decision reached over time, from personal reflection, and discussion.

I invited an interior designer to my home on Monday to consult with me about giving my kitchen a facelift. I had worked with Sue to help me pick out paint colors for all the rooms in my home when I went on a mad painting spree four years ago.

I turn 56 this week, and also celebrate my wedding anniversary. You can see why I call this week of May, “milestone week.” As I thought about my upcoming birthday, I picked up a book I read a decade ago, On Women Turning 50: Celebrating Mid-Life Discoveries by Cathleen Rountree. She interviewed a variety of women, from doctors, actresses, and journalists to activists, about their experiences turning 50.

We all react to conditions that are arising around us throughout the day. What if you take a step back and look within instead. Rather than having your mind full of the reaction only, what if you create a little space to see how you’re reacting?

Dominique Browning, former editor of House & Garden, wrote a wonderful, poignant, and deeply personal piece in the Sunday NYT, March 28. Called “Losing It”, Browning describes the complete disjointedness of losing her job unexpectedly when the magazine folded in 2007.

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