http://midlifebloggers.com/2012/08/06/the-reality-of-50-wake-up-and-smell-the-paints/ Making The Most of MidLife--Together Thu, 18 Oct 2012 00:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://midlifebloggers.com/2012/08/06/the-reality-of-50-wake-up-and-smell-the-paints/comment-page-1/#comment-9476 Doris Fri, 12 Oct 2012 04:17:00 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=6101#comment-9476 Thank you for your lovely comments. Good luck with your creations! Thank you for your lovely comments. Good luck with your creations!

]]> http://midlifebloggers.com/2012/08/06/the-reality-of-50-wake-up-and-smell-the-paints/comment-page-1/#comment-9474 creating50 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 23:44:00 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=6101#comment-9474 Oh how I can connect to your writing! I will be fifty in January. I have been painting, knitting, drawing, writing and quilting like I can't get enought made. Is it that we feel the need to leave something...for those after us, to remember us by? I don't know, but what I do know, is that the older I get, the more I desire to paint, and create. You ARE a successful writer! Oh how I can connect to your writing! I will be fifty in January. I have been painting, knitting, drawing, writing and quilting like I can’t get enought made. Is it that we feel the need to leave something…for those after us, to remember us by? I don’t know, but what I do know, is that the older I get, the more I desire to paint, and create. You ARE a successful writer!

]]> http://midlifebloggers.com/2012/08/06/the-reality-of-50-wake-up-and-smell-the-paints/comment-page-1/#comment-9379 Doris Sat, 25 Aug 2012 01:22:00 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=6101#comment-9379 Hi Belle, Good for you for painting and hanging them up anyway! Hi Belle, Good for you for painting and hanging them up anyway!

]]> http://midlifebloggers.com/2012/08/06/the-reality-of-50-wake-up-and-smell-the-paints/comment-page-1/#comment-9378 Belle Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:15:00 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=6101#comment-9378 I'm in my 20s. However I could really relate to this post. I too want to inspire others with my paintings. They are mostly just terrible though. I've decided that I don't care. It gives me joy to create them. I find I'm calmer afterward. When I'm done I hang them up around my house. People mostly just ignore them. Somehow this is even worse. Lol I’m in my 20s. However I could really relate to this post. I too want to inspire others with my paintings. They are mostly just terrible though. I’ve decided that I don’t care. It gives me joy to create them. I find I’m calmer afterward. When I’m done I hang them up around my house. People mostly just ignore them. Somehow this is even worse. Lol

]]> http://midlifebloggers.com/2012/08/06/the-reality-of-50-wake-up-and-smell-the-paints/comment-page-1/#comment-9360 Doris Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:30:00 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=6101#comment-9360 Thanks, Duchess Thanks, Duchess

]]> http://midlifebloggers.com/2012/08/06/the-reality-of-50-wake-up-and-smell-the-paints/comment-page-1/#comment-9356 DuchessOmnium Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:52:00 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=6101#comment-9356 I tell my kids -- though I don't exactly practice what I preach -- that success is mostly about showing up. Keep writing and keep painting. You probably don't "suck", but even if you do, you will get better. I tell my kids — though I don’t exactly practice what I preach — that success is mostly about showing up. Keep writing and keep painting. You probably don’t “suck”, but even if you do, you will get better.

]]> http://midlifebloggers.com/2012/08/06/the-reality-of-50-wake-up-and-smell-the-paints/comment-page-1/#comment-9304 Doris Tue, 07 Aug 2012 23:57:00 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=6101#comment-9304 Hi Priska, I'm going to give myself decades for the reinvention, considering how long I cowered in fear! Here's to your strong desire for reinvention! Hi Priska, I’m going to give myself decades for the reinvention, considering how long I cowered in fear! Here’s to your strong desire for reinvention!

]]> http://midlifebloggers.com/2012/08/06/the-reality-of-50-wake-up-and-smell-the-paints/comment-page-1/#comment-9303 Doris Tue, 07 Aug 2012 23:56:00 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=6101#comment-9303 Thanks, Lucie I look forward to reading your wondrous epiphanies! Thanks, Lucie I look forward to reading your wondrous epiphanies!

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