Never Too Late
This is a blog about not settling. About not slipping into a familiar comfort of memories, half-regrets and complacency during the last chapter—the latter 30 years or so–of life. Not continuing on the path of least resistance.
I know firsthand how our later years bring greater physical challenges. People 60-plus have worked for a long time in the labor-force or raising families. We get tired. We have much less to prove and no reason to worry about impressing anyone. For that reason alone, motivation and inspiration are precious commodities that need to be revived and nurtured as well as redefined.
We’ve done it all, seen it all and might like the thought of welcoming a time of leisure and maybe letting others—the Government? Children? Health workers?–take care of us. But if we cede that responsibility to them, we shouldn’t be surprised when we are forced into smaller and smaller circumstances dictated by them for their own comfort, while our voices wither away until they can no longer be heard.
For too many Third Act protagonists, that may be their new normal.
So, it’s time for Third Act heroes to decline that invitation. We still have so much wisdom to contribute to make the world a better place for those who follow. And our hearts and soul retain a certain zest and hunger for the genuine experiences of living, even if just in that tiny spark deep down that can hardly be felt as we stare at 70-inch TV screens or gaze off to the horizon.
That’s why I’ve started a blog at age 68. A blog that will be a quest for adventure, wonder and connection, that will force me into getting stronger and fitter and cast off the Lilliputian restraints of my current predicament.
I intend to write and travel and answer the call to wonder all while maintaining digital nomad status and serving my current work practices: producing for clients by creating media and marketing and doing a couple of radio shows each day. I’ve been waiting for the technology to catch up to my dreams—now it has surpassed them. So many Millennials and others still in their Second Act are creating, are wandering and are giving back. Why should they have all the fun? I can do this, too, with a little more effort and probably a bit more struggle to be seen and heard. I’ll lead the way if I have to, or maybe we can take this journey together. It starts with a blog on not settling. Where it will end up Is anybody’s guess, but I’m confident and excited for the future.