Women over 50 seeking work life change

byjudydunk

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Updated 10 years ago

As women in our fifties, before us is the another workplace revolution and opportunity is unfolding for us to grasp.

In our lives, we have lived and are living in a time of many revolutions and these have provided opportunities. We are the women who have made choices for ourselves, opened career doors and we have chosen to have babies or not.

We have studied and gained years of experience, knowledge, skills and insight. Many have had excellent careers climbing the ladder of success. Many but not all of us, have managed our careers and work with a family.

We have also experienced the introduction of the silicon chip and managed new ways to work in the information and knowledge age.

Review the following list and if you can find one or more needs that match your own then read on.

• Looking for more meaning work
• Better work life balance
• Earning an income independently without high levels of risk
• Understanding how life and work experience could lead to a new way to work
• Feeling trapped in the 9-5 routine and want a new way to work
• Affected by ageism in the work place and want a fresh start
• Realising you are in the wrong job for this stage of your life
• Out of work and looking for a job

Imagine using your skills to create a schedule that works for you and your life where you have the time and financial freedom to live your life as you want to.

Read some more and see if the following statements also reflect your thoughts

• Do you feel restless ?

• Wonder about you unrealised potential and if you can leverage of your life experiences and relaunch your career ?

• Whether it is possible to have another chapter or two in your “career” in your fifties, sixties and longer ?

As women over 50 we face this new revolution at the time of our lives where our decades of life and work experiences gives us great advantage.We have before us opportunities to earn an income and have flexibility to live the life as we choose, working where we choose, and when we choose.

Thinking about the road to retirement, it may be sweet and slow , however unexpected and dramatic turns may arise.

• Do you love what you do, but simply exhausted or not giving your best anymore because you are tired of the unrelenting grind or you may have been injured at work or recovering from an illness?

• Are you just fed up because the buzz from work has gone ?

• Do you wake up and know the long commute is no longer an option because it is affecting your health and well being ?

• Do you want to leave an employer or colleagues after giving them too many good years of effort for little appreciation ?

• Do you want time for a creative hobby, or simply have more time to attend more school events, watching sport or concerts. Maybe you have elderly parents or neighbours needing more attention ?

• Have you experienced unanticipated loss, an illness, job loss, a loved one. Are you wondering what is next for your life ?

• Have you faced the sudden financial roadblock and are you asking how you will manage daily expenses, medical expenses, medicines as well as housing and travel as you age ?

• Do you realise the nest egg of savings will not be enough ?

• Are you looking to build your income to have experiences for a lifetime of memories with your children and family ?

• Have you woken up to find that work is no longer a priority ,does not fit your values and you are becoming become restless and unfulfilled.

You have fifty decades of life experience and a wealth of knowledge, skills and expertise because you have accumulated years of experience from paid work, unpaid work in the home and community, early years or school based or sport voluntary work.

No matter your background as home maker, business woman or professional in finance, business, law, advertising, marketing, real estate, health, mental health, well being or even teaching you CAN create an online business.

Often in traditional careers the only way to earn an income has been by sitting face to face with students, clients or patients. Or being face to face in a beauty salon or retail shop or gym.

Imagine if you could take your understanding of people’s problems and develop solutions in a way that can be delivered online to a daily 3 billion global audience ?

Imagine being able to earn and income from a passion you have nurtured over the years ? a craft, a sport, a love of food and wine, fashion, accessories..the list is endless.

We are now before the next wave or tsumani for opportunities to build an online business.

If you have thought “yes this is how I feel” to any of these questions you are working towards your unique reason WHY that will drive your pathway to work life change.

There are many reasons why women over 50 can do so well in business and many advantages of an online business.