I am staring 40 right in the face. In fact, it is exactly one month away. The big 4-0. That number and what it means to me has tumbled around and around in my mind for quite a while. Call it fate, call it serendipity, but there in my inbox was an invitation to go to a women’s conference for More Magazine — the Reinvention Convention.
More Magazine “celebrates women over 40″ and this convention is about reinventing yourself, redefining who you are. And they are talking about inside and out, head to toe — from career to hair to sex life to technological skills. Wow! Just as I am on the cusp of moving from SAHM to re-entering the workforce in a few years, doesn’t this sound like something I need? (I do, I do!)
This recharging “all about you” event is DC Monday, March 8 and as much as I would love to go, I can’t make all the calendar rearrangements necessary to do so. However — I’m hoping one of YOU can! I have one ticket to giveaway! This is a kid-free, pet-free event and the details are here.
Turnaround on this is fast as I need to submit a name to will call by Friday morning. These are the rules: Please comment by midnight March 4 (Eastern time zone) on why you think you want to reinvent yourself and make sure you leave me an email address where I can contact you to get your name and contact info. I must be able to email you and get a response back from you between midnight tonight (March 4) and 9 am Eastern (March 5) if you are the winner. I will take a list of the people who commented AND gave me valid email addresses as of midnight March 4 Eastern and submit it to random.org to select a winner. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ALREADY KNOW YOU CAN ATTEND THE EVENT ON MARCH 8 before submitting — I want to be sure the winner can go!
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Disclosure: This is a giveaway to my readers, I have no connections to this magazine or convention.
Hi, JJ!
Well, to be honest, I have no choice but to reinvent myself, and as with every other time, I am looking forward to the process.
This time, I am having to reinvent myself because I am living with Fibromyalgia. Not many people know what’s happened in the past few months, mostly because I have not been doing well at keeping in touch, but a few months ago (August) I had to make the decision to apply for disability retirement from my current position because my employer has decided to no longer honor the reasonable accommodation I had been working under for two years. Is this unfair – yes. Is this illegal – potentially. Is this an opportunity – absolutely!
I have had several opportunities to take my writing to the next level and have run away from most of them. I was given the opportunity to work on a small TV show about an ER in Chicago which had just been picked up for a season and turned it down – same with a Tony award winning show on Broadway. I no longer want to be the person who runs away from opportunity when it is knocking so loudly.
So – I will reinvent myself regardless of going to the conference or not because my situation requires it, but I wouldn’t mind some encouragement.
Good luck with the contest!
Wow – what a great opportunity! Wish I could go but that’s my son’s birthday. Good luck with your drawing.
Lisa — you are my well-deserved winner! And Ami, tell your son happy birthday!
Thank you, JJ! I will use it wisely!