In 2011, I will be 40 years old.
I'll take the compliments from people who say I don't look it. Yes, baby, if I can keep on looking 25 with my 40-year-old life experiences, then yes!!
With turning 40, comes the emotions of "why I didn't do this when I was 20," or "why did I do that was I was 20." At 40, I am a comprehensive compilation of all the good and all the bad decisions I made. I am who I am because of the younger me. Remember, when, back in the 20s, how invincible you were? "Shoot, ain't nothing could go wrong." "I am woman, hear me roar." "You can't tell me what to do." You better step off.
Ah, I've certainly mellowed a lot.
I will like to use this blog--my very first--to explore turning 40, what it means. How I've changed, how our world has changed, how we've adapted to it (with all its new technology), where we're going, our perceptions, our realities. I will like to explore it all.
I turn 40 in June, so I have six months to examine this. I really want to find out exactly what turning 40 means to you. What would you have done differently, now that you're on this side of the pendulum and not that close to 20 any more.
About Me
- MPEvans
- Washington, DC, United States
- I'm a naturalized Caribbean immigrant in the grand old U.S.A. I live in the Hillcrest neighborhood of Ward 7 and I'm a forever-journalist. I started my first career as a magazine editor and I haven't been able to give it up. When I started this blog, I was knee-deep into my fourth career as a government public relations specialist. However, I have been heading up my editorial staffing company, Invisible Colours LLC out of my Ward 7 neighborhood. I'm expanding my company's brand by offering video production and other social media technologies for clients. This blog follows my journey as a 40-something-year old in Washington, D.C. Married for several years, I have three kids--a boy and two girls. I am blessed, and I'm loving all that God has given me. I have a master's in journalism from Columbia University and a bachelor's of arts from the University of the West Indies. I hope I can offer a little insight into my life and my experiences. Writing serves as a catharsis for me. It is what I do best. It is what I love. It is who I am.
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