I Thought My Real Life Was Somewhere Else | Midlife, Gratitude & Contentment

For years, I lived with this subtle feeling that my “real” life was somewhere else. A better house. A better garden. More travel. More beauty. More money. More creativity. More freedom. I spent so much time longing for what I didn’t have that I nearly missed the beauty of what God had already placed right in front of me. In this video, I reflect on: striving and comparison perfectionism and discontentment social media and longing for another life midlife hindsight gratitude and contentment beauty in ordinary life gardening, memory, and inheritance “moth and rust” priorities learning to inhabit the life God already gave me Inspired in part by an essay from artist Sheila Atchley, this conversation became a reminder to stop waiting for life to begin… and to start noticing the goodness already surrounding us. Maybe the life we’ve been searching for isn’t somewhere else after all. #midlife #contentment #gratitude #simpleliving #christianwoman #faithjourney #homemaking #gardenlife #perfectionism #slowliving #womenover50 #mindsetshift #beautyintheordinary #christianyoutube #mothandrust