Comments on: Reinventing and/or planning for the future at milepost 60, suggestions?

Question: Reinventing and/or planning for the future at milepost 60, suggestions?

KneeDeep — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:58:30 -0800

Reinventing and/or planning for the future at milepost 60, suggestions?

A friend will soon be turning 60. I would like to give him or suggest the tools whereby he can explore his goals, values, character, and so forth and chart his next 20 years. My friend is relatively healthy, mobile, bright and inquisitive. Books and web materials are what I had in mind. Thanks.

By: Mr. Gunn

Mr. Gunn — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:47:30 -0800

My dad wrote a list of 60 things he wanted to do before he died, and my mom did the same, and they're working their ways down the lists starting with the things that were in both (independently made) lists.

The design of the list was kind of an exercise in soul searching in itself. I know there are websites which have developed communities around this sort of thing, too.

By: MsMolly

MsMolly — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:00:43 -0800

101 in 1001 might be a good way to implement Mr. Gunn's suggestion. It's a three year time period, so it's more manageable than planning out stuff that you want to do in the next 20 years or so.

By: metahawk

metahawk — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 23:03:37 -0800

If he is interested in starting in some significant new directions in his life, I recommend Barbara Sher's book I Could Anything If Only I Knew What It Was. I found it very useful when I was burned out at work and only knew that I wanted to do something different.