🔒 Amy Uncut: Allow the progression

Hey everyone, how's it going? Um boy, you know like we are right in Christmas season. I have been walking through various stores and Costco and wherever like, since the end of October and just rolling my eyes and groaning, sometimes quite loudly, because they have been just having all sorts of Christmas stuff out, and now I'm realizing, oh, actually, Christmas is here, Christmas is coming, and so now it's time for me to figure out what gifts I'm going to get everybody. We have changed things a lot lately and simplified a lot of things, but it's still something that you just kind of have to figure out. I have been thinking some today, nothing or not today, and this has nothing to do with Christmas but I have been thinking about this little spot on my hand recently, which I know you can't see it, but it's just an age spot. It's like the size of a mole. It's not a mole, but it's on my hand, and I can say this because my mom there's no way that she would hear this, but I'm like I kind of have my mom's hands now, Like they're kind of veiny and wrinkly and I mean there are spots that are showing up and I don't know why. I've been thinking about this. But when I think about my mom's hands and any woman's hands, often we are going to have these age spots and we're going to have wrinkly and crepey skins and veiny hands, and all of that because we're getting older and I had this realization recently that there has to be a path from fresh, you know, supple, nice, clean, young, youthful looking hands and old lady hands. And the reality is that we don't just wake up one day and that's how we, you know, and we have old lady hands. And, by the way, when I say old lady, hands like this can be anything right, Like this can be all of the different ways that our body naturally ages. So pick, pick, whatever it is that bothers you. I'm just using hands because it's an easy example, but you know, it can also be saggy boobs, it can be, you know, those love handles, because things just aren't nice and taut anymore in our back and we have to remember that. Yes, we expect to be there. Like if you were to ask me what do you think you're gonna look like when you're 75? I'd say I mean, I probably wouldn't say I'm gonna have old, lany hands, but I would expect to have age spots on my hands. I would expect to have just everything drooping all over drooping because gravity and lack of collagen and all of that. But I'm not always giving myself the journey, for lack of a better word. To get there, I have to realize that I am going to get an age spot on my hand and then another one, and then another one. I mean I think we're all pretty realistic about like hey, yeah, we're gonna age, but we're not allowing ourself to age as we get older. I don't know if that makes any sense or not. I was actually in a little boutique store or near my neighborhood looking for a holiday top and I was telling I'm really particular about my colors. I don't know if you know this about me, but like I only wear the colors that I know look good on me. It's kind of stupid, honestly, but I like the colors and they look good on me, so I wear them Anyway. So I was looking for these colors and this young, sweet, darling girl she was like oh well, do you like these? Because this is that dark green. And she pulled out like these shorts that I swear if I put them on my butt, cheeks would be hanging out of it. And it had like the little skirt in front and the shorts in the back. And I just looked at her and I said I am almost 50 years old. Do you think I'm gonna wear that? Like, my legs are not wearing those? That is not, and you can. I mean, there's no rule to say that you can't, but I am realistic that this is not the kind of shorts that I want to wear at this stage in my life. Would I when I was 25? Sure, yeah, I probably would have worn them and, honestly, probably would have looked really good at them, but not so much anymore. That's just not something I'm wanting to do, and so I just would like for you to I know I use the word grace a lot clearly but give yourself the grace to progress into your realistic future self Again. We know we're gonna get older. We know we're gonna be droopy and we're gonna have old lady hands, but we have to allow the progression of that and not hold ourselves to those 25 year old legs. I hope that makes sense, but that is just the Amy uncut thoughts that have been going through my mind and I wanted to share with you. Have a wonderful weekend and be sure to check your email, because typically we meet on our Zoom meetup on the second Thursday of the month. But the second Thursday of the month this year for me is my husband's holiday party, to which I will be driving there and driving home, because I have found that I really enjoy not drinking at events like that. It just works out so much better. So not that you all care about that, but anyway. So look for your email, or look watch for an email that will tell you when the next Zoom meetup is. If I knew what it was off the top of my head, I would tell you, but I don't, and this is an uncut version, so keep your eyes out for that. All right, you guys have a great weekend. Bye-bye.