Personal Spring Clean

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Menopause is just puberty’s older, wiser sister.

What better (brighter) season in the year will enable us to see things at their clearest? Being a little OCD, I consider it quite a satisfying task 😁

Going through this relatively new phase of my female life made me re-evaluate it. Menopause (and I guess andropause too) is that stage where we’re given the chance to revisit our memories (yes, also to exercise our brain), to review and reset our current position.

Let’s see… COVID, perimenopause, teenage daughter through a mental health ordeal, work redundancy, now teenager son going through an ordeal of his own to fit in with his crowd (absences, detentions, suspensions… ), the imminence of a World War, global warming and all sorts of natural catastrophes happening where they are least expected…

In nearby circles, someone we know has been given a shorter life expectancy, a friend’s mom just passed away… I’m just not ready for any of it yet. Grateful that we are all still alive and well 🙏🙏 and that we are not celebrities (an absolutely PRICELESS gift!)

On these notes, this will be the order of works:

• A full download of all my information on Facebook since I have the account
• Deleting any photos or videos of my children
• Tightening my privacy group: deleting, unfriending and unfollowing (just not completely deleting the account because I still get some useful and interesting information on my wall, which I might otherwise not get. Social media for me is no longer about connecting with people, it is about noziness and gossip.)
• Making my IG profile Private
• Financial investment from now on will only be in myself (health and interests). It is the only worthwhile investment. I’d rather invest in my health NOW than save up for an “unhealthy” day. Money will only make a difference if sensibly applied. And we all know that if our health gets seriously affected, money does very little, if anything at all.
• Allocate more time for myself to do things I enjoy (I want to go back into reading, going out more, travelling, etc).

I am keeping Facebook and IG for my blogging and rant shares only, practically ignoring my LinkedIN (no need, no time and very little interest).

Prioritising myself is a MUST. I don’t have the time or the patience for mindless doom-scrolling nor do I identify with the current mainstream no fun hysterical-dumb-influencers-cancel-little-minded culture.

Menopause is a wake-up call for me: time to slow down and to enjoy what time I’ve got left.