I can totally relate! I was a mortgage banker for 25 years. It was the “go go go, ego driven” type job, very competitive, but I always excelled! Perimenopause stole my sleep, then my physical energy, then my mental game..gone! I am having to completely reinvent myself. Being type A personality all my life, being able to spin a hundred plates in the air all at once, it was my identity! it’s damn hard to accept that I’m a shell of what I used to be. I’m mourning the loss of that person. I’m still in perimenopause at nearly 55. I’m so eager to get on with it, ya know?! I don’t think I can truly start my reinvention until I can control the horrible symptoms. I cannot think straight, so I can’t learn new skills. I don’t sleep so I don’t trust myself to have energy or mental clarity to start something new. God Bless all the women in the world in this stage of life. ❤
I can totally relate! I was a mortgage banker for 25 years. It was the “go go go, ego driven” type job, very competitive, but I always excelled! Perimenopause stole my sleep, then my physical energy, then my mental game..gone! I am having to completely reinvent myself. Being type A personality all my life, being able to spin a hundred plates in the air all at once, it was my identity! it’s damn hard to accept that I’m a shell of what I used to be. I’m mourning the loss of that person. I’m still in perimenopause at nearly 55. I’m so eager to get on with it, ya know?! I don’t think I can truly start my reinvention until I can control the horrible symptoms. I cannot think straight, so I can’t learn new skills. I don’t sleep so I don’t trust myself to have energy or mental clarity to start something new. God Bless all the women in the world in this stage of life. ❤