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Celebrate Your Mid-Life Buffet

Sunset is the time when everything calms down. The winds slow and the sky becomes a magical work of art. It is when the end is near that the day exhibits it’s most beautiful self.
When we retire we enter our sunset years. The most beautiful time in our lives. A time when you no longer have to think about work and deadlines. You can sleep when you want and travel whenever the mood strikes you.
Will you be prepared for those “Golden Years”? They are called Golden years because they are so valuable. As the sands run out in your Hour Glass of Life each grain of sand becomes more valuable. Decide today that you are going to live to see your golden years. And when you do; you will be healthy enough to enjoy them.
If retirement is our sunset then middle age is Dinner Time!
From the time you turn 40 until your retirement you have the opportunity to enjoy a huge buffet called life. Some things are good for you and some not so good. The funny thing is most of us want the things that are bad for us, even when we know better. The key is to find a balance that allows you to be happy in your present life but at the same time be ready for the time in your life when you retire and have all the time in the world to do what you love.
When I was 21 my father passed away at the age of 45. This left an indelible mark on my attitude towards life.. “If I’m not going to live to see 50 why should I worry about building towards my retirement? I probably won’t see it anyway.” My father quit smoking when the cancer scare first came out. But he didn’t die of lung cancer, it was kidney cancer that killed him. The catch phrase back then that I used to kind of live by was “Live fast, die young and go with a good looking corpse”It was said as a joke but it was no joke. For the next 20 some odd years I abused drugs and alcohol to the max. I quit my job at GM after working there for 13 years because I didn’t want to die there. The fact that I only had to work 12 more years till I could retire with a full pension, at the age of 45, did not matter to me. “I’m not going to live that long anyway, why wait?”
It wasn’t until I was at my very rock bottom at the age of 40 that the light finally came on. It happened on my 40th birthday. And I wrote a book about it. The book is called;”It’s about TIME, Rediscover your Youth and take the Fear out of Change”
This is a road map to help guide you through middle age. And maybe save you from making some of the same mistakes as I did. After all, mistakes are the building blocks of wisdom. I share with you the life changing Epiphany on my 40th Birthday and the 20 years of my life that follow.
When I turned 40 I thought my life was over, I was ready to throw in the towel. After all I had abused my body way more than my Dad ever did, there is no way I’m going to live longer than he did. It was on my 40th birthday that I had a drunken Epiphany that helped me to turn my life around and make it what it is today.
If you are about to turn 40 this book is a must read. It will help you to enjoy your midlife buffet to the max and prepare for a beautiful sunset.
I am now just a few months away from entering my 68th year and life is beautiful. I love to share my story and will tell it every chance I get. Look for me and be sure to come out and say Hi. But be warned… Your life will never be the same again.

Visit my website www.rayfrigault.com and learn how you too can turn your life into something magical.