MIDLIFE FRIENDSHIP STATUS REPORT

WELCOME TO MIDLIFE MEMOS
THE SWAMP GODDESS® GUIDE TO MENOPAUSAL MAYHEM
AND AGING ANSGT
BLOG #32 by Wendy Kyman, Ph.D
MIDLIFE FRIENDSHIP STATUS REPORT

We are in the process of letting go of those who clutter our lives - right?
(see post New Year's Resolution 1/4/12)
How is it going?
Have you said 'good bye' to anyone yet?
Who did you let go?
Why did you choose her?
How did you say 'goodbye'?

Now what?
The next step is to be aware of lingering feelings.
Are you relieved? happy? conflicted? sad? all of these mixed together?
Usually these feelings are temporary and will pass.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Reminder: You are letting go and making room to invite new, quality friends
into your life.


UNHOMEWORK
List the friends you have let go.
Did you say 'goodbye' in the same way to each of them?
Or
Did you use a different process for each?
Evaluate:
- what was the best way of saying 'goodbye'? What made it work?
- what was the worst way of saying 'goodbye'? What went wrong?

NEXT WEEK'S TOPIC
Can This Midlife Friendship Be Saved?
... are you in the mood to save a troubled friendship?

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TO READ PREVIOUS POSTS
To the right, under BLOG ARCHIVES, click '2010' '2011' '2012.'
Keep scrolling all the way to read any, or all, of the earlier Midlife Memos,
especially 'The Birth of Swamp Goddess.'
I bet you will relate.