> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.readcapridaily.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Turns Out, I Want Differentโ€ฆ And Maybe You Do Too? - URL: https://www.readcapridaily.com/turns-out-i-want-different-new-book/ - Published: 2026-10-08T14:35:17.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-08T14:35:17.000Z - Description: Sometimes the life we thought we wanted isn't the life we want anymore. I'm sharing the inspiration behind my eighth book, Turns Out, I Want Different, and why it's okay to change your mind. - Author: Erica T. Capri - Tags: Life, Books You ever get to a point in your life where you just sit back and think, **I don't think I want the same things anymore?**Not because something terrible happened or because you're going through some dramatic midlife crisis. ๐Ÿ˜‚ You just start realizing that some of the things you once wanted, worked hard for, or thought would make you happy don't necessarily fit the person you're becoming. I've been thinking about that a lot lately, especially now that I'm in my 40s. Life has a funny way of changing your perspective. Things that once seemed so important don't always carry the same weight anymore, and sometimes the things you used to overlook become the things you value the most. Somewhere between those thoughts, my own experiences, and a whole lot of conversations with myself, I ended up writing another book. **Turns Out, I Want Different: A Grown Woman's Guide to Wanting Something Else.** And just like that, I'm officially on book number eight! I think one of the hardest things about getting older is accepting that you're allowed to change your mind. We spend so much of our lives creating plans and expectations for ourselves. We decide what success should look like, what kind of relationships we want, where we should be financially, and what we should have accomplished by a certain age. Then life happens. We grow, we experience things, and suddenly those plans don't feel quite right anymore. But instead of admitting that, sometimes we keep chasing things we don't even want because we've already invested so much time into them. Or worse, because we've already told everybody that's what we wanted. ๐Ÿ˜‚ That's really where the inspiration for this book came from. I started thinking about how often we hold ourselves to expectations that no longer make sense for the lives we're living today. Sometimes we're so busy trying to become the person we thought we were supposed to be that we forget to ask ourselves whether that's even who we want to be anymore. And the older I get, the more I realize that changing your mind doesn't necessarily mean you made the wrong decision before. Sometimes it simply means you've grown beyond that decision. I didn't write this book because I have life completely figured out. Trust me, I don't. I'm still learning, still growing, still making decisions, and occasionally sitting around wondering what in the world I'm doing. ๐Ÿ˜‚ But I've reached a point where I'm becoming more comfortable admitting when something no longer works for me. Whether it's a relationship, a goal, a career decision, or simply how I choose to spend my time, I'm learning that wanting something different doesn't mean I have to apologize for what I wanted before. And I think that's something a lot of women can relate to. We spend years taking care of responsibilities, showing up for other people, making sacrifices, and trying to keep everything together. Somewhere in the middle of all that, it's easy to forget that we're allowed to have dreams, expectations, and desires of our own. We're allowed to want peace. We're allowed to want happiness. We're allowed to want something completely different from what we wanted five or ten years ago. And we shouldn't have to wait until everything falls apart before giving ourselves permission to make a change. That's what I wanted to explore in *Turns Out, I Want Different*. It's about taking an honest look at your life and asking whether the things you're holding onto still make you happy. It's about understanding that success, love, fulfillment, and even happiness can look different as you grow older. Sometimes the life you thought you wanted isn't the life you want anymore, and that realization doesn't have to be a bad thing. I'm excited to share this book because it's personal in a different way. It's not a collection of perfect answers or instructions on how everybody should live. It's a conversation about growth, change, expectations, and learning to be honest with yourself about what you really want. And while I wrote it with grown women in mind, I believe the bigger message is something almost anybody can understand. At some point in life, most of us have to decide whether we're going to keep living according to an old version of ourselves or give ourselves permission to become somebody different. **Turns Out, I Want Different: A Grown Woman's Guide to Wanting Something Else** is my eighth book, I'm looking forward to sharing this one with readers because I know I'm not the only person who's reached a point in life where the things that once seemed so important suddenly don't feel the same anymore. 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