What would you consider as 'second half' of your life ?
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Bill N.
Content Creator and Technical Writer
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Starting at fifty; I'm in it now :)
Paul C.
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The one where are truly making a difference!
Just my toonies worth
Kenneth L.
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Retirement is a time for reinvention and "Raising One's Head". As a small business counselor I see many who are doing so and assist wherever possible when asked.
As a veteran I also see many who are ill-equipped to explore this potentially exhilarating time in life. Many are rocking back and forth as if stuck in a snow drift, with issues that lead them to look back over their shoulder and wish they could return to where they have been - good or bad. That is not possible. “Forward” is the only gear that works.
If one aspires to simply maintain one's material life style, retain responsibility for those close to us and relax as objectives, that is one form of retirement - I would call it maintenance.
Many of course cannot undertake a maintenance retirement due to the economic events of recent years, family responsibilities involving their children and their children or aging parents. The must continue to generate an income but must adjust to advancing age and find new ways to generate revenue. I hear form countless individuals who are seeking to go into business for themselves on-line or in the home as a way to achieve that end.
Given reasonably good health and and reasonably free responsibility environment, most find the retirement rather boring after a time and seek continued professional growth. In fact it has been espoused that such a lethargic existence can be hazardous to our health.
Balance is the key in my view - Balancing age with wisdom, lifestyle with responsibility and available means; a new professional endeavor, volunteer work, recreation, the arts, - that which gives meaning to continued existence.
If the need to generate revenue is a prominent factor, care must be taken in assessing risk to health and fortune by investing too much in effort or treasure. That is where the balance comes in.
We will all retire in some form. We have no choice. What we invent or re-invent along the way to make the most of it is our personal challenge.
Quite frankly someone needs to write a book on this. I will consider it later when I hit 80. Right now I am just too busy enjoying volunteer work and watching creativity in small business blossom.
Martin R.
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Another way of looking at it is that life is one long experience. The halves, quarters or other measures seem arbitrary :)
Lisa A. N.
Writer - Blogger - Telephone Operator
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Starting at 45 to 50.
Cheryl R.
Founder and Principal of CatapultMe and Cheryl Roshak Associates. Transforming Lives for Positive Change.
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I think it's all relative according to one's age, as a younger person can often feel old at 35 or 40 not realizing how much more time they still have left to live and discover before they know it that they have turned 60 and look fondly on their lost coveted youth that they didn't recognize at the time. Age is a state of mind. For some the second half of their life comes much earlier than for others, it's a question with no answer for it's something none of us really knows for sure. And actually, each day is a new day to begin the rest of your life.
I'll let you know when I get their my friend. ( :
I agree with Bill, 50... although ask me again in another 10 years.
Sjoerd D.
Creatieve en Innovatieve Toepasser. Praktisch en gestructureerd help ik u de beste ideeën te genereren en selecteren!
That's the half in which you consciously start sharing your knowledge and skills with other adults. (so raising you children is another period)
Wallace J.
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Enlightenment.
Melissa G.
Keynote Speaker ~ Success Coach ~ Relationship Marketing Specialist, Lead Generation, Customer Service, Touch Campaigns
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I don't see it as a second half, and curious as to why it matters? It is all one continuum, a journey that doesn't stop until the Big Dirt Nap!
Luca K.
Global Director for Product Development and Alumni Networks at AIESEC
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It might sound weird but being 24 I see it when I will have children and family... Maybe then I will feel it has not come yet, so I will live another turn into the second half of my life? :)
Luca
Dave M.
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It hasn't happened yet.
Debbie R.
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The day I turned 50, felt like the 1st day of the 2nd half. It was like a fresh start with 50 yrs of knowledge, experience and skills....very exciting!
The human body begins to degenerate at/around the age of 35. Ergo, it makes perfect sense to assume that the second half of one's life begins about the time when what came up begins to go down.
Rob D.
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I actually don't split it in half at all!
It's more like peeling an onion, layer-by-layer, each one more interesting than the last.
Cheers.. Rob
Mark A.
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If you're going to call it a "half", then you don't know when the second half began until it ends. There is no pre-charted course through life. Some people try to plan one, and that noise they hear in the background is the universe laughing at them.
Shortly after I dead.
the body is gone, but the spirit lives on.
Well if lucky early retirement at 50 somewhere very sunny : )
Brijendra C.
Human Resources at Dodsal E & C Pte Ltd
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After 40 , begins by second half
Bahare`Sara S.
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I am waiting for it.....
Sahar A.
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After puberty
When wisdom kicks in, and you begin living your life with personal confidence and comfort.
