second careers

[Jon Ford]

Carolyn-- I agree with you about second careers. I retired recently at age 
59, and  have just shifted over more to what I was doing part-time already, 
ie., writing poetry and editing anthologies. I think that people who just 
retire and do nothing in particular, unless they are very good at doing 
nothing, usually wind up dying sooner than others who go on to tackle new 
projects or even entirely different careers.

Jon








>From: Carolyn Garner Siscoe <globe@zipcon.net>
>To: Jon Ford <jonmfordster@hotmail.com>

>she is 87, and I agree with doing our best to make the years of 55-70 
>better.  I think it
>would be nice to start a second career in those ages.  this may sound silly 
>but I would
>like to be a nutionalist and to work in a non-profit agency to teach people 
>how to eat
>better for very little,
>  Carolyn
>
>Jon Ford wrote:
>
> > Carolyn-- we can't keep old age down forever, but we can at least make 
>the
> > years between 55-70 or so very productive and even fun.And some people 
>(more
> > and more) are able to live active productive lives into their 80s. It 
>sounds
> > like your mother-in-law is really at the end of her natural  (or even
> > medicinally enhanced) life-cycle, which is different for different 
>people,
> > including reasons like hereditary dispositions to certain ailments like
> > cancer or Alzeimer's. Good luck to you and to her.
> >
> > Jon
> >


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