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

by Dorothy Cantor, Andrea Thompson

A respected psychologist offers advice on how to navigate the career issues surrounding middle age and retirement, offering practical tools and inspirational tips to develop a dynamic plan for the future.

Genres: Self Help

256 pages, Hardcover

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.