What Do You Want To Do When You Grow Up?: Starting the Next Chapter of Your Life

by Dorothy Cantor, Andrea Thompson

Renowned psychologist Dorothy Cantor thoughtfully shows how to create an exciting future in this road map for anyone in middle or retirement age.

Later life can be richly fulfilling, intensely satisfying and even marked by a newfound attitude toward life. Cantor's work proves that there is more to life after work than material security. She knows what it takes for us to keep growing and presents a dynamic plan for exploring our past and present in order to discover how best to design the years ahead. Cantor supplies practical tools for taking an inventory of our major decisions, role models, wishes, disappointments, and talents. Next she shows how to pull all of the information together and make a plan for the next chunk of life - the time when we can enjoy the greatest freedom, when all the choices are up to us.

Genres: Self Help

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Warren Lewis · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful in-depth discourse on the very important things you need to consider as you plan for life after work!

[T.J. Puritz · Rating 3 out of 5]

When I picked this up I was under the impression it would be a mix of reasons people were looking to change careers in later life. This is a book for retirees looking for something to fill their time. It is also clearly focused on people who do not need additional income.
If that’s what you are looking for in a resource, this might be for you. However it is also dated as it was written in the early 2000’s. My three star rating is based on the fact that when it was written it was probably a good resource for wealthy people who are bored in retirement

[Barry Davis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Designed to provide guidance for “career change, retirement, or making smaller adjustments to bring your daily routine more in line with you priorities in life,” this book uses guided journaling to help the reader identify the key themes for life and work as they mature and change across the years and apply them to decision-making around these issues. The book follows a number of individuals from varied life situations (including a talent agent, a psychologist, a lawyer, and others) as they themselves complete the exercises, providing a running narrative on their words and actions. Topics include job realities (15 good things I get from my job besides money), the good life and adult well being, finding purposeful activity, preparing for the real world and starting your first job, building a career, balancing work and life and planning for the rest of your story. The personal journal/autobiography is quite extensive, and the book provides some challenging questions to flesh out the details, although the reader may get bogged down in all of the self-discovery.