Comments on: 50 is the new 50 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/12/50-is-the-new-50/ K.G. Schneider's blog on librarianship, writing, and everything else, since 2003. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:54:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: kgs http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/12/50-is-the-new-50/#comment-21444 kgs Mon, 16 Jul 2007 02:56:59 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/12/50-is-the-new-50/#comment-21444 Polly, I wanted to be a lot of things -- slim (I was a fat child), popular (I was quirky and alone), pretty (I was pimply with braces and hair that sprang out all over my head). But yes, you're right, I didn't want to be anyone else. Thanks for pointing that out... I hadn't thought of it that way. Polly, I wanted to be a lot of things — slim (I was a fat child), popular (I was quirky and alone), pretty (I was pimply with braces and hair that sprang out all over my head). But yes, you’re right, I didn’t want to be anyone else. Thanks for pointing that out… I hadn’t thought of it that way.

]]> By: polly http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/12/50-is-the-new-50/#comment-21439 polly Mon, 16 Jul 2007 02:26:06 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/12/50-is-the-new-50/#comment-21439 Karen, I love that you didn't want to be anyone but you when you grew up. What a wonderful realization at the age of 11! Like Shelly, I wanted to be someone else - confident, outgoing and I'll admit it, stylish would have been right up there too - thanks to too many teen magazines. Thanks to good mentors and role models who helped me make some good choices along the way, I'm here on the other side of 50 feeling confident (most days!) and comfortable about 'me'. And isn't that a great weight off one's shoulders. So I may never get to "stylish", but that's ok too. :-) Karen, I love that you didn’t want to be anyone but you when you grew up. What a wonderful realization at the age of 11! Like Shelly, I wanted to be someone else - confident, outgoing and I’ll admit it, stylish would have been right up there too - thanks to too many teen magazines.

Thanks to good mentors and role models who helped me make some good choices along the way, I’m here on the other side of 50 feeling confident (most days!) and comfortable about ‘me’. And isn’t that a great weight off one’s shoulders. So I may never get to “stylish”, but that’s ok too. :-)

]]> By: Carol http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/12/50-is-the-new-50/#comment-20554 Carol Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:31:53 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/12/50-is-the-new-50/#comment-20554 <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071448/" title="Dunderklumpen!" rel="nofollow">Dunderklumpen</a>. Never really appreciated the character til now. :) Dunderklumpen.

Never really appreciated the character til now. :)

]]> By: Rachel Resnick http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/12/50-is-the-new-50/#comment-20524 Rachel Resnick Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:38:53 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/12/50-is-the-new-50/#comment-20524 I'm quoting this from memory, so I hope I get it right: "All my life I wanted to be somebody. Now I realize I should have been more specific." Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner I’m quoting this from memory, so I hope I get it right:
“All my life I wanted to be somebody. Now I realize I should have been more specific.” Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner

]]> By: GraceAnne http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/12/50-is-the-new-50/#comment-20475 GraceAnne Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:24:33 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/12/50-is-the-new-50/#comment-20475 I turned sixty 60 SIXTY in early June. My father never got to be 60. I am thinking about all these things, and more. It is hard to say. It is hard to get my mind around it. Some days I feel every single day of it. Some days only the thought of my 38-year-old son really reminds me that I am no longer 35. I turned sixty 60 SIXTY in early June. My father never got to be 60. I am thinking about all these things, and more. It is hard to say. It is hard to get my mind around it. Some days I feel every single day of it. Some days only the thought of my 38-year-old son really reminds me that I am no longer 35.

]]> By: Michelle McLean http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/12/50-is-the-new-50/#comment-20360 Michelle McLean Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:09:13 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/12/50-is-the-new-50/#comment-20360 I'm a few years off 50 but I find myself asking those same questions and being happy about the new me that I am. Thanks for helping me realise all this with this post. I’m a few years off 50 but I find myself asking those same questions and being happy about the new me that I am. Thanks for helping me realise all this with this post.

]]> By: Shelly http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/12/50-is-the-new-50/#comment-20348 Shelly Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:23:44 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/12/50-is-the-new-50/#comment-20348 When I was growing up, I was really shy and didn't fit in and I kept hoping that when I grew up, I'd become someone else and for a long time, during my 20s and 30s, I wasn't and I was disappointed. Then, about 8 or so years ago, I realized suddenly that I was someone else, someone content and confident and yes, comfortable in her skin. I'm 54 now and feeling fine. I like to think that 50 is the new 40. ;) When I was growing up, I was really shy and didn’t fit in and I kept hoping that when I grew up, I’d become someone else and for a long time, during my 20s and 30s, I wasn’t and I was disappointed. Then, about 8 or so years ago, I realized suddenly that I was someone else, someone content and confident and yes, comfortable in her skin. I’m 54 now and feeling fine. I like to think that 50 is the new 40. ;)

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