The Mid-Life Audit

When people turn 40, typically they reassess their goals in life.
Have I achieved all that I wanted to achieve in life ?
And the more difficult questions:
Am I the person I wanted to be ? Where do I go from here ?

So, as it's my birthday today, I am duty-bound to audit my life. Here goes:

Q: Did I achieve everything I set out to achieve ?

A: (In no particular order):

1) Get a degree
Check. Got two actually. Buy One Get One Free deal from the local supermarket.

2) Get husband
Check. And a mighty fine one too

3) Have two kids
Check. Got three for the price of two deal from the local supermarket.

4) Have beautiful country house with landscaped garden
Check. Although no-one told me how cold they were, or how expensive to renovate and maintain, or how bloody long they take to clean.

5) Run my own successful company.
Check. Although again no-one mentioned just how many hours were involved in the success-making process.

6) Have big social life and loads of friends
Check. But in the past. My 20’s were a wild social whirl of parties, but we’re old and boring now. Since purchase of aforesaid beautiful country house, no-one will talk to us, and even when sometimes they do, we live in an area so remote that no-one can find us anyway.

7) Be a beautiful and fashionable woman
Er……

8) Be true to myself
Er……Mostly. Still working on that one. May take a while though. Ask me when I’m dead.

9) Be happy
Check. Completely. For sure. I am a lucky woman, and couldn’t ask for more, other than…

10) Stay alive
Check. This is my sole goal (until 120, anything less would be failure) and the answer to my question “where do I go from here?” (although visiting Rio, Blackpool and seeing the Shuttle go up, also feature high on the list)

Conclusion: 8 out of 10 ain’t bad at all.

See you for the next mid-life crisis at 80.




The Real Me. As I am. Minimal photoshopping.

Plus note To Rich: Thank you, thank, you thank you for my beautiful shiny new catsuit!