98. Looking Forward to Forty
The Simplified Podcast with Emily Ley
Emily Ley
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Ever hit a milestone birthday that makes you sit and *think*? This year, Emily’s hitting 40, and she’s thinking about the wonderful things this new season has to offer: the wisdom of hindsight and experience, the gift of caring for a body that’s carried you so far, the ability to know what fills you up (and when to give a hearty “No, thanks!”), and the abundance of love we’ve given and received along the way. Whether you’re 25 and wondering where life will take you, or you’re right where Emily is and wondering what’s next, this is the episode for you, friend. ❤️
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi friends, I'm Emily Lay and you're listening to The Simplified Podcast. |
| 0:14.8 | If you're looking for a quiet place where you can start to simplify your life and organize |
| 0:19.0 | your home, this is it. |
| 0:20.9 | Every week I invite you to join me and explore practical ways to organize and automate the |
| 0:25.3 | complicated parts of life so you can focus on what truly matters most. |
| 0:29.9 | Well guys, we hope you will pop over to Emily Lay dot com as you start your new year |
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| 0:43.4 | Head on over to Emily Lay dot com to shop our monthly, weekly and daily options before |
| 0:48.0 | they're gone. |
| 0:50.7 | Well one day when I was 33, I realized that I was closer to 40 than I was to 25. |
| 0:57.5 | Seven years in either direction would put me at 26 or 40. |
| 1:01.6 | How could this have happened? |
| 1:02.8 | I wondered when did I wake up and become sort of maybe middle aged? |
| 1:08.6 | It's weird, right? |
| 1:10.6 | Sometimes I feel like I'm still the girl that I was and I was 13 looking in the mirror |
| 1:15.3 | unsure of who she is and what she sees. |
| 1:18.4 | It doesn't know her body, her mind, her heart, her soul, she's still becoming. |
| 1:23.0 | She is all potential but that's not who I am anymore. |
| 1:27.7 | I have grown and changed so much has changed because that's what's supposed to happen. |
| 1:34.9 | So why was I so stricken that I was closer to 40 than 25? |
| 1:39.4 | What did that even matter anyway? |
| 1:41.3 | Over the years one thing I've learned is that I don't have to stay attached to my feelings. |
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