The Freedom No One Talks About After 40

There’s this quiet shift that happens after 40, and it doesn’t get talked about enough. It doesn’t happen overnight, but once it starts, you feel it in how you address everything in life. You care less. Not in a bitter or checked-out kind of way…but in a calm, grounded way that feels like a relief.

For a long time, so much of life is shaped by other people’s opinions. How you should look. How you should behave. What’s appropriate at your age, in your job, in your relationships. You second guess yourself constantly. You worry about how things will be perceived and you don’t even realize how much mental space that takes up until it slowly starts to disappear.