Adapting to our Second Adulthood is not all about the money. It requires thinking about how to find a new locus of identity or how to adjust to a spouse who stops working and who may loll, enjoying coffee and reading the paper online while you're still commuting.
More Quotes by Gail Sheehy
The delights of self-discovery are always available.
When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking.
I keep returning to the central question facing over-50 women as we move into our Second Adulthood. What are our goals for this stage in our lives?
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep growing.
Being a pathfinder is to be willing to risk failure and still go on.