I've Never Been This Version Before

life transformation spiritual health and wellness Sep 24, 2026

Spiritual Medium Lindsay Rose

5:59

I woke up this morning, made my bed, and realized something that I’ve never given much thought to.

Right now, today, I’ve never been this version of myself, and that’s a beautiful realization. Knowing that each day when we wake up, we can choose to be someone entirely new.

The question is, who will you choose to be?

I woke my daughter up, went downstairs to make my morning coffee, and sat there while talking to my husband.

Isn’t it funny that we sometimes try to get back to a younger version of ourselves the older we get?

And it’s not the feeling of “old age” or the feeling that “this is how it is” when we get older.

It’s the realization that what worked in our 20s or 30s isn’t necessarily what our souls or our bodies crave in our 40s or as we approach our 50s.

I think this has taken a little while to figure out.

I can’t ever see myself doing the things I did in my 30s, and last night, I was just having this conversation with my husband. I look at old pictures, and there are days when I don’t even know how we survived it all.

Raising three small children, running a business from home, doing all the things busy families with small children do… But somehow, we did it.

And we are still doing it. Except now we’ve added some puppies to the mix, and yes... There are some days where I think. What the fuck where we even thinking.

But the thought of getting up extra early just to cram as much stuff into my morning before the kids wake up…

Or crushing a workout at 5 a.m.…

Or rushing frantically out the door each morning…

Or going out after 9 p.m. to hang out with the girls or go on a date…

Or working 14-hour days…

Or saying yes when you really want to say no…

Or staying up past 11 p.m.…

Or wearing uncomfortable bras and tight shoes…

Or being so busy and rushed all day long that you collapse into bed... Just to do it all over again the next day…

It’s just not happening anymore, and that is something that I believe we can all intentionally choose if we want to.

So, where am I going with this today?

Well, I think it’s a choice we all get to make eventually.

I think the older we get, the more we realize our worth and what we are no longer willing to sacrifice.

I think the older we get, the more we realize that we are 100% in the driver’s seat of our very own life and that we’ve always held the power.

It’s just that sometimes, we eventually forget we had the choice.

Why?

I think for most of us, we are all just doing the best we can with each season of life we are given.

Some seasons are crazy, chaotic, stressful, mere survival, go-go-go, and yes, yes, yes.

Other seasons are peaceful, calm, and no-no-no, and another no-no-no unless, of course, it’s a 1,000% yes.

I think the older I get, the more I choose option number two.

Not because I’m old, boring, rude, selfish, or ungrateful.

But because, at this stage of my life, I’m more youthful, confident, and energized than I’ve ever been before because I finally stopped long enough to choose myself.

It’s because the older you get, the wiser you become, and you truly come to the place where you enjoy your own company, honour your time, and respect your life and energy so much that anything that’s no longer in alignment with the version of you that you are today doesn’t get to come with you and doesn’t get your time or attention.

And that’s not a bad thing.

In fact, it’s a beautiful thing, if I do say so myself.

I think it’s so exciting to wake up to this beautiful life of ours and get to create whatever we want.

I also think it’s so exciting to look forward to seeing who you’re becoming, and I think as the years pass, it only keeps on getting better and better.

For you’re older and wiser now, and that’s something that comes with the territory.

Not in the sense of getting older and going downhill, per se.

But simply as a constant journey of making the most of this life we are truly blessed with and choosing to live it to the fullest.

Whatever season we are in.

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