Beth Riungu reminds me that it is never too late to write your own script in life:

“It may not have been wise but I quit my perfectly good job to be a writer.

Instead of taking up painting or pickleball when I became an empty nester, I put the family nest up for rent and set off across the ocean with no particular destination in mind.

Stepping off the work-to-live merry-go-round was nerve-racking.

I’m staking my ability to pay my mortgage on a guy I’ve never met, and now a family I don’t know is living in my home with my stuff.

At times, anxiety threatened to overwhelm me. I had to develop strategies to manage my fears and keep myself moving forward.

Now, I find that what I learned has made me stronger, and more joyful.

There may be curveballs to come but fortune favors the bold and I’m glad to be in the game.”

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I’m so lucky to meet people like Beth and hear stories like this. It is inspiring to see people paving their own paths.