There's something true about threshold moments — the ones you can name versus the ones that only reveal themselves six months later. Launching something new later in life carries a different weight. You're not building toward something that builds toward something else. You're here, now, and the thing needs to exist on its own terms. Best of luck with ThriveSpan — the work being done in this space matters. Writing about the lived side of these thresholds at theoldgreythinker.substack.com.
Thank you. I think this book feels so important to me because later life is not simply the final stage of our working lives. It asks different questions of us.
Writing ThriveSpan has been a real turning point for me too. Less about juggling all the different strands of work I used to do, and more about focusing on the writing itself and what feels most meaningful now.
And thank you for the work you’re doing with The Old Grey Thinker. There’s something valuable in creating spaces where these conversations can happen honestly.
Your description of your thinking & how it evolved into ThriveSpan, almost perfectly describes where I am now. Retired for 6 years, not sure when that happened what was next for me, then exploring a variety of possibilities, and finding one which felt just right even though it was not something I’d even considered before. Slowing down, making room for different priorities, almost accidentally finding something which fit just right. Nice development. 😍
There's something true about threshold moments — the ones you can name versus the ones that only reveal themselves six months later. Launching something new later in life carries a different weight. You're not building toward something that builds toward something else. You're here, now, and the thing needs to exist on its own terms. Best of luck with ThriveSpan — the work being done in this space matters. Writing about the lived side of these thresholds at theoldgreythinker.substack.com.
Thank you. I think this book feels so important to me because later life is not simply the final stage of our working lives. It asks different questions of us.
Writing ThriveSpan has been a real turning point for me too. Less about juggling all the different strands of work I used to do, and more about focusing on the writing itself and what feels most meaningful now.
And thank you for the work you’re doing with The Old Grey Thinker. There’s something valuable in creating spaces where these conversations can happen honestly.
Enjoyed reading about your process of moving forward. Congratulations on Thrivespan. I look forward to reading more about it.
Your description of your thinking & how it evolved into ThriveSpan, almost perfectly describes where I am now. Retired for 6 years, not sure when that happened what was next for me, then exploring a variety of possibilities, and finding one which felt just right even though it was not something I’d even considered before. Slowing down, making room for different priorities, almost accidentally finding something which fit just right. Nice development. 😍
So lovely to read this.
Very much looking forward to engaging with Thrive Span-congratulations .