Women of All Age Should Quit These, Right Now!

Our Mental Health Depends On It

Vishal Show
12 min readFeb 23, 2024
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Let me take you on a journey through the twists and turns of life, where age isn’t the defining factor, but the lessons learned along the way.

This isn’t your typical “Women Over Fifty” tale, because, let’s face it, life’s rules shouldn’t be dictated by where you are on the age spectrum.

Why did it take me until my fifties to realize that saying no and putting myself first is not only okay but necessary?

Did the three decades that preceded this one not warrant the same advice? It’s a puzzle I find myself grappling with, especially since men don’t seem to have such lists penned out for them.

Every Google search pointed me in the same direction — life rules for women sliced up by decades like we’re pieces of a pie with advice doled out according to the size of our slice. It just doesn’t add up.

Sure, at 55, you won’t find me donning Daisy Dukes and downing kamikaze shots before belting out Livin’ on a Prayer at karaoke night — activities not suitable for women over 50. But what you also won’t catch me doing is entertaining assholes, engaging with narcissists, people-pleasing anyone, or tolerating disrespect in…

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