Linda ⟡ Checking My Bags

Teacher, traveler, tech professional, living abroad, navigating fibromyalgia, me/cfs, chronic pain, nomad life, slow travel, solo travel & remote work

[Linda ⟡ Checking My Bags @checkingmybags]

I think the identity crisis of midlife isn't really a crisis. It's more like finally having the courage — or the exhaustion — to admit that the person you performed for the last twenty years wasn't entirely you.

[Linda ⟡ Checking My Bags @checkingmybags]

At some point in midlife you realize you've been answering the question "who are you" with a list of what you do. And then some of those things go away or change and suddenly you have no idea how to answer it anymore.

[Linda ⟡ Checking My Bags @checkingmybags]

Stress and fibro have this relationship where each one makes the other so much worse. Today is one of those days where I'm very aware of how true that is.