Thinking About Tomorrow: Reinventing Yourself at Midlife (Hardcover)

by Susan Crandell (Author)

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Product Description
Nowadays people in their 40s and 50s--the revolutionary generation of the 1960s and 1970s--are not walking quietly into their sunset years. In THINKING ABOUT TOMORROW, Susan Crandell, a prominent journalist who describes her own self-rediscovery at 52, surveys the possibilities open to her readers in such areas as travel, work, family, and health. In the process she provides vivid profiles of dozens of men and women who have remade their lives in fascinating ways. The book offers guidance to midlifers who yearn for a more fulfilling life, and includes a valuable list of resources including books, magazines, organizations, and related Web sites that will motivate and enable readers to embrace the promise of their middle years with a renewed sense of optimism and vigor.

About the Author
SUSAN CRANDELL lives in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Wellness Central (January 4, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446578975
• ISBN-13: 978-0446578974
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #257,159 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Thinking About Tomorrow: Reventing Yourself at Midlife, February 27, 2007

By	Florence Manning (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book inspired me....., January 8, 2007

By	Sarah Mahoney (Maine) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Take a Pass, October 15, 2008

By	Josaphina Campbell "Jo" (Ann Arbor, MI USA) - See all my reviews

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.