✨ If You’ve Ever Felt Too Old, Too Late, or Not Enough This Is For You.

I started watching the show Younger on Netflix the other day… and wow. It hit me harder than I expected. Because in 2022, that was me losing two jobs back-to-back, not because I wasn’t skilled or educated… but because I “wasn’t young enough” for the role.

And I wish I could say that was the end of it, but you know how the story goes.Interview after interview… and still no job. Not young enough. Not trendy enough. Not the “look” they were hoping for. Meanwhile, I had an education, a decade of experience as a stay-at-home mom, and more determination than half the people in that room.

But here’s the thing no one talks about:

👉 If you’re not 25 with no kids and a perfect résumé, the world treats you like you’re expired.

👉 If you took time to raise babies, suddenly your career gap becomes a flaw.

👉 If you’re picky about what job you want now, you’re judged for that too.

👉 And if you’re “starting over,” people whisper like something must be wrong with you.

I know I’m not the only one who’s lived this.

Some women had the chance to continue their careers uninterrupted daycare, stable hours, promotions, 20 years in the same field. And good for them. Truly.

But for many of us? Life didn’t look like that.

We stayed home. We raised our kids.We sacrificed years of earning, learning, and being valued in the workplace. And then when we finally try to get back out there… we’re met with judgment, rejection, and paychecks that don’t even cover the bills.

Some of you are working fast-food jobs just to make something work.

Some of you are piecing together part-time hours.

Some of you are crying in the car between shifts.

Some of you feel so defeated you don’t even know what direction to move in anymore.

And I’m not writing this to to push you down. I’m writing this because I see you because I was you.

I’ve lived the humiliation.

I’ve lived the “what’s wrong with me?” spiral.

I’ve lived the fear of starting over at an age where everyone else seems to be coasting into retirement.

But here’s the truth I wish someone had told me:

There is a place for us.

There is a path forward. And you don’t have to shrink yourself to fit someone else’s idea of “hireable."

We’re not expired.