Are You Part of the IDGAF Club?
If you've stopped explaining yourself, you're already in.
I quit a perfectly good career at 31 to start a business nobody thought was a good idea.
I packed up and moved abroad at 38 with a 4-year-old and no plan.
I’ve sold everything I own, several times over.
I’ve started, succeeded and failed more businesses that most have had hot dinners
I’ve recently become a full-time nomad in my 50s, living out of a carry-on bag with no fixed address and no intention of getting one.
None of that was always so popular with people around me. But I did it all anyway.
So when people ask me if your 50s are when you stop caring what people think, my honest answer is no. We’ll probably always care a little. It’s what makes us human.
But my 50s has changed something. I’ve just stopped explaining.
In my 30s I’d make a big decision and then spend weeks justifying it to everyone around me. In my 40s I’d still explain, but a bit quicker. By my 50s I just... stopped.
Not because I was suddenly gifted with swathes of courage. But when you start to realise the time ahead migh…
