The Mid Life Dating Files 2025

What have you been putting off doing? Why?

✨What have you been putting off doing and why?✨

I’ve been putting off cleaning my garage because it’s full of 33 years’ worth of memories—things from my children that they haven’t taken yet, saying they either don’t have room for them or simply don’t want them. I just can’t bring myself to give those things away or throw them out. My ex-husband and I built this house together, and I received it in the divorce settlement. Now, after 14 years of being divorced and single, I’ve decided to sell it. I’ve already cleaned out the closets and bedrooms to make the move easier when the time comes.

The reason I’m moving is to downsize and begin a new chapter of my life—one that’s completely my own, filled with new memories. It’s not that the memories in this home are bad; they’re a part of my life and my children’s childhood. But sometimes, life calls for turning the page and starting fresh.

The hardest part about cleaning the garage is that every box and item takes me back in time. Once I start going through them, I find myself sitting there, lost in the moments—some filled with laughter, others with a little sadness. The hours slip away as I revisit those pieces of my past, which makes it all the more difficult to let go.