I passed your "later mid-life" 60-75 category more than 10 years ago and am here to tell you, and share with others, that life beyond 80 can be just as exhilarating as before as long as you're fortunate to still be active and reasonably healthy in mind, body and spirit. I have just posted about that here in Substack with the title "Quality of Life Revisited" and look forward to more engaging days, weeks and months ahead. Looking forward, and anticipating what needs attention next fills many of my days and I am enormously grateful. Now back to the business at hand for today, more than enough.
Thank you for being an inspiration Gary. Im lucky to have many 80-something’s in my life who are showing me how great life can be in that decade and beyond 💜
We're fortunate to be able to make life great whatever decade we're in, wherever we are and with whom we choose to share our comings and goings. Onward, one step, one day at a time, up to the brim, spilling over.
Love this, Kirsten - and the work Chip is doing. So important to redefine this from being a "crisis" to something quite different. Actually, I referenced Chip and the MEA's work in a piece I wrote a while back, since I'm deep into the mid-life experience myself:
I agree with a lot that is said here. Thank you for sharing this conversation. My outlook is life is divided into four quarters of twenty years each, with anything beyond 80 considered bonus time. I’m in the fourth quarter (65). I’ve been fortunate in that each decade since my 20s has gotten better and better, although a contributor to that is I was a real idiot in my 20s. Thanks again and best wishes to all.
I've wanted to visit the MEA for a few years now - hopefully in the near future. I'm currently deep into researching what my next steps in life should be, and I have found Barbara Sher's books to be truly amazing and transforming. Currently working through "It's Only Too Late If You Don't Start Now (How to Create Your Second Life at Any Age)" and "Refuse to Choose!" (I'm a "scanner" which even in learning this made me feel infinitely better about myself). I have five years until I can officially retire from the government, so I'm using this as my timeline to be where I need to be for my second career (although if something truly phenomenal came my way beforehand, I would absolutely jump now!) .
Thank you Kirsten! So grateful I discovered you and happy to be here for the ride!
I passed your "later mid-life" 60-75 category more than 10 years ago and am here to tell you, and share with others, that life beyond 80 can be just as exhilarating as before as long as you're fortunate to still be active and reasonably healthy in mind, body and spirit. I have just posted about that here in Substack with the title "Quality of Life Revisited" and look forward to more engaging days, weeks and months ahead. Looking forward, and anticipating what needs attention next fills many of my days and I am enormously grateful. Now back to the business at hand for today, more than enough.
Thank you for being an inspiration Gary. Im lucky to have many 80-something’s in my life who are showing me how great life can be in that decade and beyond 💜
We're fortunate to be able to make life great whatever decade we're in, wherever we are and with whom we choose to share our comings and goings. Onward, one step, one day at a time, up to the brim, spilling over.
Love this, Kirsten - and the work Chip is doing. So important to redefine this from being a "crisis" to something quite different. Actually, I referenced Chip and the MEA's work in a piece I wrote a while back, since I'm deep into the mid-life experience myself:
https://lukepcollins.substack.com/p/two-lives
So looking forward to watching this and ensuring my inner ageist gets absolutely no traction in my mind or spirit! Thanks for bringing us Chris' work.
I agree with a lot that is said here. Thank you for sharing this conversation. My outlook is life is divided into four quarters of twenty years each, with anything beyond 80 considered bonus time. I’m in the fourth quarter (65). I’ve been fortunate in that each decade since my 20s has gotten better and better, although a contributor to that is I was a real idiot in my 20s. Thanks again and best wishes to all.
I can tell you my knees don't love getting older.
I've wanted to visit the MEA for a few years now - hopefully in the near future. I'm currently deep into researching what my next steps in life should be, and I have found Barbara Sher's books to be truly amazing and transforming. Currently working through "It's Only Too Late If You Don't Start Now (How to Create Your Second Life at Any Age)" and "Refuse to Choose!" (I'm a "scanner" which even in learning this made me feel infinitely better about myself). I have five years until I can officially retire from the government, so I'm using this as my timeline to be where I need to be for my second career (although if something truly phenomenal came my way beforehand, I would absolutely jump now!) .
Thank you Kirsten! So grateful I discovered you and happy to be here for the ride!
Dear Kirsten,
Thank you for sharing your enlightening conversation. Beautifully done.
Brava.
With gratitude,
🙏