Never Too Late To Begin Again, she turns her eye to a segment of the population that, ironically, while they have more time to be creative, are often reluctant or intimidated by the creative process. Cameron shows readers that retirement can, in fact, be the most rich, fulfilling, and creative time of their lives.
When someone retires, the newfound freedom can be quite exciting, but also daunting. The life that someone had has changed, and the life to come is yet to be defined. In this book, Cameron shows readers how cultivating their creative selves can help them navigate this new terrain. She tells the inspiring stories of retirees who discovered new artistic pursuits and passions that more than filled their days—they nurtured their souls.
A twelve-week course aimed at defining—and creating—the life you want to have as you redefine—and re-create—yourself, this book includes simple tools that will guide and inspire you to make the most of this time in your life:
- Memoir writing offers an opportunity to reflect on—and honor—past experience. This book guides you through the daunting task of writing an entire memoir, breaking it down into manageable pieces.
- Morning Pages—private, stream-of-consciousness writing done daily—allow you to express wishes, fears, delights, resentments, and joys, which in turn, provide focus and clarity for the day at hand.
- Artist Dates encourage fun and spontaneity.
- Solo Walks quell anxiety and clear the mind.
This fun, gentle, step-by-step process will help you explore your creative dreams, wishes, and desires—and help you quickly find that it’s never too late to begin again. AMAZON 4 STARS
A refreshing read. I like that the author doesn't pull any punches when it comes to the resistance that we can expect to encounter. With our own selves often making up excuses and reasons why this just won't work. I particularly like is the definition of "The Censor" a critic that doesn't have anything good to say about what we want or plan to do. Also a favorite in the information was the theme of recovering the wonder in life. recapturing your childlike wonder and joy in simple things. Not always having to be an expert on something. It was great to see something about how to make retirement a new adventure instead of stagnating because of age. Because like the author said, now you have time that you didn't have before, so that makes all the doorways of possibilities are open to you now. I liked how taking baby steps along the way, help you in the process of trying new things. We need to stop worrying about wasting time, its one of the things that will get in the way of finding our new directions in life. If we think we are wasting time on something, then it has no value to us and therefore, not worth anything. It becomes another excuse. The exercises that the author walks you through helps you to think outside of your "normal" boxes. She helps you to find where to direct your creative juices when you identify them. Bring the fun back into your life, it's not illegal. You don't have to earn it, find ways to laugh too. That's just a few of the simple steps but not it's not everything.
The reader has to remember that this a workbook as well and that it will take you through at least a twelve-week course, so it also is something to keep in your books, I can see where it could/would be used more than once. It had some really good interactive exercises.
I received an ARC of this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
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