I Refused to Disappear

When my life began to crumble right before I turned 50, I noticed something had changed.

The job market didn't want me. I'd send applications and get no response. I'd go to interviews and watch their eyes glaze over. I was experienced, capable, and felt invisible, overlooked, even though I knew I still had a lot to offer.

That's what happens to women at a certain age. And we have a choice. It's a fork in the road.

A lot of women shrink back. They get quieter. They stop trying. They convince themselves it's too late.

I did the opposite. I got a little mad, channeled that energy, and decided that it wasn't going to be too late for me.

I leaned into myself. Into who I was inside and stopped fitting into what people told me a woman my age "should do". 

I started caring about how I felt. I started crafting the life I wanted instead of dragging the old one behind me, pretending it would be ok.

And I became a Virtual Assistant, and one step at a time, and sometimes two steps back, I became the self-reliant, confident woman I am today. And you can too.

Invisibility is only a problem if you accept it.

When you decide to become a Virtual Assistant, you're not waiting for someone to pick you. You're not hoping to be seen. You decide that you matter and make choices from knowing that.

That's what I mean when I talk about building a business as a lifestyle. It's not just about income. It's about agency - the power to make your own choices. It's about waking up every day knowing that your life is yours.

You can do this too.