If you’re here, it’s probably because something inside you is whispering, “There has to be more than this.”
I know that whisper well — it’s the same one that pushed me to finally create Finesse the Fourth, even while juggling work, caregiving, exhaustion, and a to-do list as long as my arm.

For years I’ve been running a cleaning and personal assistance service — honest work I’m proud of. But let’s be honest: it’s physically demanding, and the older I get, the heavier it feels. My body has been telling me what my spirit already knew… that I’m ready to transition into something that uses my wisdom more than my knees. And like so many women over 60, I’ve reached a point where I’m asking myself:

What do I want for the rest of my life?
Where do I matter?
Who is thinking about me while I spend every day thinking about everyone else?

We spend decades being needed — by kids, partners, grandkids, coworkers, aging parents. And then one day we wake up and realize we’ve built a whole life around other people’s needs… and forgotten to save a little oxygen for ourselves.

That’s why I’m here.
That’s why this blog exists.

I created Finesse the Fourth for women like us — women in the “fourth quarter” who are not finished, not fading, not irrelevant… just underestimated. And frankly, we’re done with that.

This next chapter isn’t about shrinking.
It’s about shifting.
It’s about choosing something with purpose, creativity, and joy — something that lifts us instead of draining us.

For me, that means building a digital business that lets me support myself without breaking my back. It means getting back to “writing” (my greatest and most long-lived passion) and using that to connect with women who are navigating the same emotional and physical transitions as I am. It means creating tools — like my Reignite Journal — that offer small but powerful ways to reconnect with ourselves.

But more than anything, it means proving to myself that it’s not too late to start something new.
Not too late to grow.
Not too late to matter.

And if I can do this — with full days, caregiving responsibilities, a semi-worn-out body, and a tendency to procrastinate — you can make your next chapter whatever you want it to be, too.

Here’s my gentle encouragement to start today:

3 Tiny Sparks to Reignite Your Next Chapter

1. Take five minutes just for you.
   Not for thinking about your kids, your mom, your partner, your job… you.
   Ask yourself: What do I want next?
2. Write down one thing you miss about yourself.
   A quality, a dream, a hobby, a part of you that got buried under responsibility.
   Name it. Bring it into the light.
3. Do one small thing that feels like a “yes.”
   Light a candle.
   Sit in the sun.
   Text a friend who fills your cup.
   Read something that stirs your soul.
   That’s it. Just one.

You don’t need a full plan today.
You don’t need perfect timing.
You don’t need the approval of anyone else on the planet.

You just need a spark.

This space — Finesse the Fourth — is where we’ll fan it into flame, one small, doable step at a time.

If you want a gentle place to begin, I created a free 3-page sample from my Reignite journal — three prompts designed to help you remember who you are now, in this season, not who you were twenty years ago.

👉 Download your free Reignite sample here.
https://sbninja.gumroad.com/l/tskhxx

Here’s to joining forces and supporting each other. Here’s to the chapter we deserve — the one we choose on purpose.
Here’s to finessing the fourth… beautifully.
— Susan