"We change as we age. Not just physically, but who we are changes-what feels important, meaningful, and interesting, what we want, and what we need all evolve along the life journey. For many women, there's a time in life when domesticity is what we want, and our role in the family is who we are. There's also a time for many women when it's as if the page turns and we've moved out of that chapter."
"This process of becoming and re-becoming who we are is exciting, but it can also be disorienting. We wake up, and it's as if the person we once were no longer lives in our body. Making it even stranger is the fact that it happens without our realizing it. We find ourselves in a conversation about something that used to be important to us and realize that it just isn't anymore."
Women change as they age; priorities, interests, desires, and needs evolve across the life journey. For many, domesticity and family roles provide identity for a time, but later a clear shift can occur when those roles no longer supply meaning. The shift often surfaces in the fifties and is described as the "f*ck-it fifties," reflecting reduced desire to perform constant caregiving or social organizing. The change can feel disorienting because it happens gradually and unexpectedly; conversations and activities once engaging may lose importance. Some women recognize societal conditioning behind domestic expectations, yet still sometimes enjoy caregiving even as their wants shift.
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