From the founding editor of "MORE" magazine comes an inspiring and useful look at how yesterday's Baby Boomers are becoming today's adventurous midlife pioneers.
Thinking About Tomorrow: Reinventing Yourself at Midlife
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An editor and writer for 30 years, Susan Crandell has worked on diverse magazines and was a founding editor of MORE and reported on the social revolution this book documents. She's a member of the group she's writing about and introduces the book with h
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43 of 43 people found the following review helpful
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This book is great if you have $10K+ lying around the house and very little imagination about what to do with it. Can't have a baby? Hire a surrogate. Need time to reflect? Go on an absurdly expensive vacation to somewhere exotic. Not happy with you body? Get some elective surgery. Want to find a long lost friend or relative? Hire a private investigator. Feeling the mid-life blues? Buy yourself a $50K sports car. Tired of you old fabulously successful business? Sell it and start a new one. Get the picture?
Susan's heart is in the right place, but this book does not deliver. I'm really not interested in what she and her rich friends do to amuse themselves. And how many times can the woman manage to mention that she dyes her hair?! As if that was daring! It's truly absurd. I think if the book was titled Crazy Stuff my Rich Friends Have Done During Their Mid-life Crisises, then I might have found it amusing. But my expectation was that I would feel inspired, and I'm definitely not. I strongly recommend that you take a pass on this one.
Susan's heart is in the right place, but this book does not deliver. I'm really not interested in what she and her rich friends do to amuse themselves. And how many times can the woman manage to mention that she dyes her hair?! As if that was daring! It's truly absurd. I think if the book was titled Crazy Stuff my Rich Friends Have Done During Their Mid-life Crisises, then I might have found it amusing. But my expectation was that I would feel inspired, and I'm definitely not. I strongly recommend that you take a pass on this one.
44 of 45 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This was a nice book with great stories to provoke one to think about the possibilities at Midlife. While most of the stories were of value, they were stories of those that had a comfortable amount of savings/retirement built up enabling them to make these moves. Certainly, it is desirable to be at that point in ones life where they can afford to stop having a level of income and make the changes that are described in this book.
A worthy set of stories for those who are financially comfortable.
A worthy set of stories for those who are financially comfortable.
25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Susan Crandell's Thinking About Tomorrow is essential reading for anyone who has ever thought, "There's gotta be something more." Crandell found 45 real-life heroes--all over 40--who stopped worrying about what other people thought long enough to discover their hearts' desires, and re-engineer their lives.
Some of her heroes are offbeat (a man who found the courage to become a woman, a fitness instructor who turned into a professional Celine Dion impersonator), some predictable (the couple who had a baby in their 50s, the businessman who dropped out to start another business), and some are just plain passionate (like the hair colorist who has turned himself into a true Iron Man). But in each story, Crandell really nails the essence of what makes some of us ripe for reinvention, and how to smooth away the bumps on life's new path. After reading this, I'll never call those turning points anything as dreary as "midlife crises" again.
Some of her heroes are offbeat (a man who found the courage to become a woman, a fitness instructor who turned into a professional Celine Dion impersonator), some predictable (the couple who had a baby in their 50s, the businessman who dropped out to start another business), and some are just plain passionate (like the hair colorist who has turned himself into a true Iron Man). But in each story, Crandell really nails the essence of what makes some of us ripe for reinvention, and how to smooth away the bumps on life's new path. After reading this, I'll never call those turning points anything as dreary as "midlife crises" again.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
1.0 out of 5 stars
Thinking about tomorrow don't bother
Book is out of touch with reality
Don't waste your money on this.
Book is not worth the money.
Hopefully when Obama is fired jobs will reapear.
Don't waste your money on this.
Book is not worth the money.
Hopefully when Obama is fired jobs will reapear.
Published 6 months ago by Glenn
5.0 out of 5 stars
What's wrong with saving some money?
A number of the reader reviews of this excellent book gripe that it's only for people "who have an extra $10,000 lying around. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Stephan Wilkinson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great read for midlife...
This book has great stories about people who have questioned and turned around who they are at midlife. Read more
Published on February 17, 2011 by fitmom
4.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining more than enlightening
Nicely structured chapters recount stories from the author's life and then related 2-3 page vignettes from her interviewees. Read more
Published on June 9, 2009 by Neil M
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fabulous inspiration for career changers!
One of the questions I hear most often from people who dream of a new career is "am I too old to get started? Read more
Published on July 1, 2007 by Tag Goulet
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AMONG MY FAVORITES
I now have two favorite books on this topic. The other is Sara Davidson's book, Leap! I thought the resources were especially useful and thoughtful. Read more
Published on April 14, 2007 by Pamela D. Blair
5.0 out of 5 stars
Required reading
Can't decide which is more memorable: the extraordinary life stories of mid-life re-tooling and re-commitment to life and self (including the author's own), or the author's... Read more
Published on March 8, 2007 by Lesley A. Cadman
5.0 out of 5 stars
Thinking about tomorrow
A very quick and interesting read into reinventing yourself after age 50. A must read for anyone facing the age old question...What do I really want to do when I grow up.
Published on December 31, 2006 by Doug Vogel
5.0 out of 5 stars
Courage to let go
I loved reading this book; it is the only nonfictional work that I have had trouble putting down. I was with my wife shopping after I bought it and looked forward to her going... Read more
Published on December 31, 2006 by K. Cohn
