Change After 55, A Questionnaire
Change may be the theme of our lives, those of us who are older than 55 at least. We have only to watch Mad Men on television to remind ourselves of how much has changed since 1960, a year in which we reached the age of 7 or more. We’ve adapted to change, and we have spearheaded change in the world—for equal opportunities for minorities and women, for more access to education, for a better world in so many ways. And we’ve been busy creating and maintaining careers, getting married and remarried, and raising families. It may now be time for us to change ourselves—to please ourselves.
This survey is foundational for a book project I’m working on. It is about change that people over 55 initiate and experience. My hypothesis is that older people (not OLD people) have more psychic space to think about the way they really want their lives to be, and to create those lives. The space has been created by losses and changes. For most, 55, 60, or 65 is a time to think about changing our professional lives to less demanding (but perhaps more satisfying) lives. It is also a time when children are mostly grown and if they are living at home, they are at least semi-independent. Relationships may also have changed. Perhaps there has been a divorce, death, or remarriage. All of these things contribute to the space that may exist for you now.
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