Starting a Business at This Stage of Life

When people think about starting a business, they often picture someone much younger.

Someone at the beginning of their career. Someone with decades of work ahead of them.

I probably imagined the same thing once.

And yet, here I am.

Building Leveiza.

Learning new skills.

Writing articles.

Figuring out social media.

Creating products.

Solving problems I never expected to encounter at this stage of my life.

If someone had told me ten years ago that I would be spending my days building a candle company, I would have laughed.

Life has a way of surprising us.

One of the greatest gifts of this season is that I've learned it's never too late to create something new.

My children are grown now. Our family is entering a different chapter. There are grandchildren to love, family gatherings to enjoy, and a little more space in my days than there once was.

For a while, I wasn't quite sure what to do with that space.

Then Leveiza came along.

What started as an idea slowly became a project. The project became a business. The business became something I genuinely care about.

Not because I wanted to stay busy.

But because I wanted to continue growing.

I think that's what surprises me most.

We often talk about growth as something that belongs to younger people.

But growth doesn't have an expiration date.

There are still new things to learn.

New challenges to tackle.

New skills to develop.

New ideas worth exploring.

Starting Leveiza has reminded me that curiosity doesn't disappear with age.

If anything, it becomes more valuable.

At this stage of life, I find myself learning every day.

One day it might be photography.

The next it might be packaging, email marketing, Pinterest, or website design.

Some days are frustrating.

Many are rewarding.

All of them remind me that I am still capable of learning something new.

Building a business has also given shape to my days.

Working from home is a privilege, but it requires accountability.

No one is standing over my shoulder telling me what needs to be done.

The responsibility belongs to me.

In an unexpected way, the work has become therapeutic.

It keeps my mind engaged.

It gives purpose to my days.

It challenges me to keep growing.

And perhaps most importantly, it reminds me that every stage of life has something new to offer.

I'm still a wife.

Still a mother.

Now a grandmother.

Those roles remain the most important parts of who I am.

But they are not the only parts.

There is still room to create.

Still room to learn.

Still room to build something meaningful.

Leveiza has become part of that journey.

Not because I needed another job.

But because I discovered that purpose can continue finding us, no matter what stage of life we're in.

And for that, I'm grateful.