101 Ways to Move Forward After a Midlife Divorce

Tip #70. Go to an art fair. We went to one last night. Beautiful evening. People everywhere. Sidewalk food vendors. Lot’s of talking, interaction with strangers, artists, friends we bumped into. Art fairs are a wonderful place to stroll around with a couple of girlfriends or with a family member and it’s a great place to take a grandchild who loves art, and is old enough to go into the booths without fear of knocking over something you’ll have to take out a bank loan to replace! (Most of the glasswork is stunning but would never work in my house with my particular gaggle of grandchildren!) Anyway, art fairs are a place where you don’t stick out if you’re not a couple. They are such a creative carnival of cool ideas, and whenever I return from one of those fairs, my mind is thinking in a few new directions. I see things from a broader, more free perspective. And I’m always encouraged to let my own “artist within” come out into the open a bit more. During a midlife divorce is the perfect time to stretch your thinking. To look at creative solutions to problems. To embrace a shiny, shimmery, bright new way of seeing the world. Artists are always a bit “out there.” Divorced women are a bit “out there” ourselves --- so let be proud of that distinction and take advantage of our unexpected opportunity to see life in a brand new way! Let’s make something fresh, creative and stunning of it!