Starting Over at 50

Starting over at 50

For about eight years, I paid around $160 a month to store pieces of a life I wasn’t living anymore. By the time I finally went back to Florida to empty that storage unit, I had spent more than $15,000.
ByEmily

But the hardest part wasn’t the money. It was deciding what still belonged in the life I’m building now — and what I was finally ready to let go. [EMBED YOUTUBE VIDEO HERE] I Had More Than a Storage Unit Full of Stuff When I opened that storage unit, I realized just how much of…

Read More For about eight years, I paid around $160 a month to store pieces of a life I wasn’t living anymore. By the time I finally went back to Florida to empty that storage unit, I had spent more than $15,000.
Starting over at 50

Last year, on my birthday, I was still dreaming about having a place of my own. This year, I celebrated on land that actually belongs to me.
ByEmily

A lot changed in that year, but the biggest lesson wasn’t really about buying land. It was realizing that when you’re starting over after 50, you don’t have to know exactly where you’re going before you begin. You don’t need to see the entire road. You just need enough courage to leave what no longer fits…

Read More Last year, on my birthday, I was still dreaming about having a place of my own. This year, I celebrated on land that actually belongs to me.
Starting over at 50

Thirteen days after I arrived at my new Arizona property, around nine inches of rain fell in less than 24 hours.
ByEmily

Water tore through the entrance, washed out part of my driveway, damaged fencing, and carried cactus, trash, livestock debris, and who knows what else onto my land. When the rain finally stopped, I couldn’t safely drive my SUV out through my own gate. I had just bought this property as part of a new chapter…

Read More Thirteen days after I arrived at my new Arizona property, around nine inches of rain fell in less than 24 hours.