Author photo of Catherine H Palmer. She is looking over her laptop keyboard while writing in a journal. Bright pink peonies are in a vase on the windowsill. Her tattoo says become who you are.

Hello.

At 56, I left a great job and a long marketing career without a plan.

I knew two things. I would not go back to a corporate 9to5. And no matter how many times I heard “congratulations on your retirement,” I was not retired.

I spent a few years on a purposeful self-discovery mission—more like a manic quest for purpose—before realizing what felt most true to who I am and who I want to become

After three decades writing stories for other people, businesses, and brands, now it’s time to write my own.