tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560071949400915555.post3414895648943403753..comments2024-03-27T02:29:51.388-05:00Comments on a little birdie told me so: Mid-Life Paradigm Shiftsteviewrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14233066158555762167noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560071949400915555.post-12481141183466319182013-03-21T17:01:25.312-05:002013-03-21T17:01:25.312-05:00May I simply say what a relief to discover somebod...May I simply say what a relief to discover somebody that genuinely understands what they are discussing <br />on the web. You actually know how to bring an issue to light and make it important.<br /><br />More and more people really need to read this and understand this side of your story.<br />I can't believe you aren't more popular since you surely possess the gift.<br /><br /><br />Here is my site :: <a href="http://worldwidemedinsurance.com/" rel="nofollow">http://worldwidemedinsurance.com/</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560071949400915555.post-81337674316853798512013-02-25T20:59:33.603-06:002013-02-25T20:59:33.603-06:00Saved as a favorite, I love your website!
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Once I got the forensic nursing job, however, covering for cases 24/7, I basically stopped reading but I, too, started doing books or CDs on tape. Any time I started driving, I had to be listening to a book, even for a trip to the grocery. I am still that way. Once I retired, I was too poor to buy the darn things anymore but I discovered, much to my delight, the library has them. I've been able to keep up with James Patterson and Nicholas Sparks and Maeve Binchey and all sorts of other authors!!<br /><br />Sometimes, I pull into the driveway, intending to listen for just a few more minutes and my son will knock on the window, waking me up at 1AM. I slept for a couple of hours and missed my whole book!RNSANEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02841873957894861725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560071949400915555.post-79590390979218776872011-02-01T23:39:57.690-06:002011-02-01T23:39:57.690-06:00I have always been a voracious reader too and I ha...I have always been a voracious reader too and I have not been reading as much as I used to...I never would have connected it to menopause before but now you have got me thinking! I blame my decrease in reading books on my increase in computer time. Between playing with photos and reading blogs I don't have time to read! I am trying to figure out how to balance my computer time better...GailOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556665956317683667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560071949400915555.post-52902575002929996482011-02-01T12:33:31.677-06:002011-02-01T12:33:31.677-06:00As someone who didn't know much of your back s...As someone who didn't know much of your back story, <br />I just want to say a big oh wow you rock! And how very brave and intentional.<br /><br />I read more now than ever , but I can't remember the names or titles or quotes like I used to , I just absorb the message . <br /><br />(and I agree re the blog post length. I bookmark long ones to return to and rarely do if I'm honest. ... )Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15924061349390319473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560071949400915555.post-30367674772870336912011-02-01T03:20:51.801-06:002011-02-01T03:20:51.801-06:00I have gone through "spells" over the ye...I have gone through "spells" over the years. When I am very stressed I can't read. Maybe you just had too much going on to concentrate. Of course I can't concentrate on much of anything any more. Ha... Yes, I am of that certain age. That is why I am writing this at 4:20 a.m. UGH.Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560071949400915555.post-30370089063965338902011-01-30T09:18:41.193-06:002011-01-30T09:18:41.193-06:00You went through a lot of changes all at once, Ste...You went through a lot of changes all at once, Stevie. That is enough to take the wind out of anyone's sails.<br /><br />I also used to be a voracious reader but I have to admit the computer, and blogs, have been a big distraction in the past five years. I have made more of an effort this year to go back to the library weekly and read more. I just finished the novel "The Help." It was a really good book!Pat @ Mille Fiori Favoritihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08922525910685129822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560071949400915555.post-35984701230282922992011-01-30T07:49:27.761-06:002011-01-30T07:49:27.761-06:00At around the same age as you were, I lost my husb...At around the same age as you were, I lost my husband in a car accident. I didn't have much desire to do anything. While I had been a craft designer and artist and avid reader after the accident I lost interest and took a hiatus. Several years later, my life has changed I have remarried to a wonderful man, got back into art, designing, and writing. Also I read all the time again. Sometimes the heart needs to heal and adjust. After which we continue to do the things that make us who we are.Crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08824473397605172813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560071949400915555.post-75667135217850855552011-01-30T05:20:54.848-06:002011-01-30T05:20:54.848-06:00You are not alone, my friend. The same thing happe...You are not alone, my friend. The same thing happened to me, sans divorce. When I hit menopause at age 50, I no longer had the ability to concentrate on a book for more than a couple of paragraphs, and this was after a lifetime of reading everything that came down the pike. Like you, I was a voracious reader of pretty much every genre. I would barely have turned the last page before the first page of the new book was opened. Thankfully, my library wasn't miserly as yours was. I could check out as many as my arms could hold. <br /><br />It was very disturbing to me that books could no longer hold my interest. Thank goodness it has gotten better, much better. So much that I have been buying books like crazy at Goodwill and thrift stores. The only thing holding me back from reading on my former level is the darned computer, but I am reading again, and I think you will get there, too.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14201860227400017841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560071949400915555.post-39982916018301048232011-01-30T03:36:46.176-06:002011-01-30T03:36:46.176-06:00Oh, I love this post!
So - I am 44, but I really ...Oh, I love this post! <br />So - I am 44, but I really hope I am not going through those changes yet, please no, it is way to soon.;)<br />If you ask me, I am happy you got rid of that husband, he was no good considering his statement.<br />I have to say though, that I am like you. As a kid, teenager and a young adult I devoured books. I could read one book a week - now that might not be so fast, but it was for me.<br />After I met the Irishman and started to blog, it seemed that talking to him online and blogging was certainly all that occupied my spare time. Even though we broke up, I am now again dating someone and thus I barely read a book a year and I will most likely continue this way, as I rather write and spend free time with the people I love. I certainly miss reading, as there is so much inspiration and knowledge to be found in the written word.<br />Thus you give me hope, that one day my reading joy will return.;)<br />have a great Sunday - with a book.;)<br />xoxoZuzanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02137958790178864561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560071949400915555.post-82578712648831830542011-01-30T00:23:10.022-06:002011-01-30T00:23:10.022-06:00As a husband of a wife who is, and always has been...As a husband of a wife who is, and always has been a voracious reader (usually of murder stories!) and who is also very smart knowledgeably I was interested to read your story Steph. Jill has never lost her interest in reading and in fact has encouraged me to read, a pleasure which I now enjoy a lot.<br />Oh, and she tells me that menopause never bothered her. I can't remember if I ever noticed. - DaveDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06851174879441602754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560071949400915555.post-31512621289467848842011-01-29T18:29:10.448-06:002011-01-29T18:29:10.448-06:00I am a voracious reader but find that I no longer ...I am a voracious reader but find that I no longer read the same TYPE of books I used to go through at crazy rates. I wonder...will I lose my interest in the next few years? I will have to check back to see what all your readers say!!! <br /><br />I have never thought of you as anything LESS than smart AND informed! PLEASE insert indignant <> right HERE! ;)Jill from Killeny Glenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13639521470702814007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560071949400915555.post-42788229115912468072011-01-29T12:08:08.863-06:002011-01-29T12:08:08.863-06:00i'm still a major reader but the tastes for wh...i'm still a major reader but the tastes for what i read have shifted. i hate menopauseCharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03851293154388793520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560071949400915555.post-85698147670806818312011-01-29T11:28:31.655-06:002011-01-29T11:28:31.655-06:00How I wish we could sit down and have a natter abo...How I wish we could sit down and have a natter about all this over a cuppa. I was mighty weird in my mid forties, when I also became divorced. Throw in an over active thyroid and a disastrous few months on HRT (I turned into a sixteen year old seemingly in some respects) plus kids in their teens and a handful of elderly relatives... Can't bear to think about it, and yes, I stopped reading for about ten years also. I don't know if I'm normal yet but I'm thinking these post menopause years are some of my best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560071949400915555.post-87875976540783764192011-01-29T10:39:31.245-06:002011-01-29T10:39:31.245-06:00I too am no longer a reader. Even when someone ha...I too am no longer a reader. Even when someone has a VERY long blog post with more than 5 or 6 photos, I just get lost in it and lose interest. I never thought about it being from a lack of hormones, but I suppose it certainly could be. My mind just wanders off somewhere and forgets where it is or was or should be. <br /><br />DiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com