Life Lesson Learned: Certain Situations Make Me Feel Old

How Times Have Changed One afternoon last week I went to one of my favorite coffee shops in town to relax while reading a book that I picked up from the local library, and of course for their delicious coffee.  These past couple of weeks I’ve had lots of time to sit outside coffee shops […]

Life Lesson Learned at 40: Doing Things You Said You Never Would

Never Would I Ever As promised I am writing my story of how I got my tattoos.  My first tattoo was a butterfly.  It was a spur of the moment decision when I was teaching English in South Korea.  There was no symbolic meaning behind getting a butterfly tattoo other than the fact that I […]

Life Lesson Learned: At 40 You Can Handle the Truth

Sometimes You Get What You Wish For A couple of weeks ago on my online job search I found a posting for a Procedure Assistant position.  After reading the job description I figured it could possibly be an interesting job prospect for me.  I created a cover letter and applied for it online.  I receive […]

Life Lesson Learned: The Difficulties of Finding Employment in Your 40s

The Fruitless Career Pursuit I remember often hearing in my 20s the expression that life begins at 40.  It wasn’t until I was in my 40s that I discovered how difficult employment is to secure.  What exactly is wrong with my resume or should I say resumes?  I have about three different ones saved in […]

At 43 My Life Surely Isn’t What I Expected

I’m officially done!  I’m throwing in the towel, tapping out, waving the white flag.  Stick a fork in me I am D-O-N-E done.  I am done with working for other people.  I am finished working dead end jobs.  I am done working for horrible bosses.  I am done working my ass off to be paid […]

Storyteller Goddess

Hello everyone!  Welcome to my blog.  I am Lady Athena Storyteller Goddess.  The focus of my blog is to illustrate, through storytelling of course, matters that apply to you in your 40s that either did not apply to you or are much different than when you were in your 20s.  For example, when I was […]

Welcome!

Hello ladies and gentleman and welcome to my blog!  The purpose of my blog is stories, storytelling and poetry about living life in your 40s.  Why?  Well if you ponder it, doesn’t every situation, decision, mistake, or daily life context involve a story of some sort?  To illustrate, when you were in high school and […]