Karen Grace Pidgeon

Resilient! husband filed divorce in Jan, mom who I took care of passed from lung cancer in March, started new job in a new state&dog passed

   

Placed 18th

in their group

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What is Fab Over 40?

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What do you love about being over 40?

I’m no longer in my 20s where I was so concerned w pleasing everyone & what I thought would make me happy really did not. I’m only finding myself now & the journey has been rough but each day I’m growing to love my less perfect self. I can stand on my own, I spent my young life running/pretending&had to rely on others to make me feel fictitiously happy. I’m realizing showing vulnerability means strength. It feels good to not give a shit. I had to lose who I loved the most to know what’simportant

How do you stay fabulous?

I’m learning to not be so hard on myself by not living up to unrealistic expectations of what’s on social media. I limit to exposing myself to these standards & I started setting boundaries at work after so many years of finally realizing that it’s myself that can only be responsible of what true success is. Being accepting of my inner flaws & just trying to be a good person to my family & my true friends that have never left my side. I still have the same friends from when I was 15 years old.

What would you do with the $40,000?

I’m not gonna lie that I am going to use it to get myself out of my marital debt.

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