Tomorrow is my birthday...and my husband's birthday (yes, same day). No doubt about it at this point, we are mid-lifers at 45 and 50 years old. We have been thinking and discussing and planning "what's next" in our lives a lot lately. We are not in any sort of midlife crisis, but when you have been in the cushy corporate world for half your life, you start to wonder what it would be like to brave the elements daily, teeter on the edge of steel beams, forego the morning shower routine, or believe passionately that your job matters to the people you encounter every day.
Don't get me wrong - we have marvelous careers, a healthy life balance, and we would not trade our lives and experiences for anyone else's life. We are comfortable every. single. day. And grateful for that comfort every. single. day.
But it's curiosity that kills the cat and the older we get, the more curious we become about what life outside the comfort zone feels like. As the clock ticks, we wonder if we stand now at the apex of our lives. We sneak a peek "over the hill" and see a smooth downward slope. Easy enough. The thing is, we know there are undiscovered hills to climb right around the bend and we really love a challenge.
Here we stand, for now. One day soon, it will be time to continue our trek... around the blind corner and into the unknown. Today is training day for life outside the comfort zone.
