Different Stages of Life Pose Very Different Challenges

     We know what to do to live a healthy, balanced, happy life. A major problem is that we leave so much of ourselves at work, that what makes it home is often "a mere shell" of the person we are. Our resilience also declines as we age. Furthermore, career-building is on a downward slope by the time we're in our 60's. This is perfectly natural from a global perspective. This should, after all, be a time for seeing our lives from a bird's eye view. This should be a time for reflection and wisdom.
     If forced by circumstances to crank out services like a 30-year-old, when one strongly feels the need to prioritize reflection and contemplation, a severe inner conflict is brewing. We cannot do it all. It's essential to prioritize stage-appropriate activities. We know about "putting away childish things", but our current - global & especially professional - culture is spectacularly off with respect to putting away career-building things when we hit our 60's. The increasingly popular proclamation "I'll never retire!" is as stage-appropriate for someone in their 60's, as "I'll never go to school" for a 6-year old.