It was the last Sunday in October, the kitchen dark except for the laptop, and I was counting tabs. Twenty-two.
A novel stuck two chapters from the end. A spreadsheet for a product I’d sketched in August. Half an essay. Something about sourdough I can’t account for.… Read the rest “Clever People Rarely Fail. They Just Stay in the Hallway Too Long (An MIT Game Showed Why)”
Further down: a 30-second test you can run on someone you love, a 1976 experiment with a houseplant, and a concert pianist in his eighties who found a way round the whole problem.
Your mother hands you her car keys in the hospital car park and says you might as well hang on to them.… Read the rest “For Anyone Watching a Parent Grow Old: What 50 Years of Research Says Helps”
This is the long, slightly nerdy version: what forty years in quality assurance taught me about how people lose their independence. If you want the human version first, it’s on Medium: I’ve Watched People Retire for 40 Years. Most of Them Never Really Left. Or watch the nine-minute video below.… Read the rest “The Default Trap: What We Don’t Say About Growing Old”
This is the long, slightly nerdy version: what forty years in quality assurance taught me about how people lose their independence. If you want the human version first, it’s on Medium: I’ve Watched People Retire for 40 Years. Most of Them Never Really Left. Or watch the nine-minute video below.… Read the rest “The Default Trap: What We Don’t Say About Growing Old”
The running shoes are by the door. Then a small voice asks one question, and your shot at consistent habits takes another knock.
The alarm goes at 6:00. Shoes where you left them. Last night, brushing your teeth, the plan felt settled.
Then, feet still under the duvet, the voice pipes up:
Do I really feel like doing this today?… Read the rest “Stop Asking Yourself This Question Every Morning (It’s Why You Keep Quitting)”
Prefer the story? I told it on Medium: Why “Just Get a Job” Stopped Working for Me at 50. This is the maths underneath it.
Once you’re past fifty and the money looks thin, everyone hands you the same four answers. Get something part-time. Go freelance. Turn the hobby into a little side line.… Read the rest “The Hidden Maths of Midlife Income: What a Part-Time Job Really Pays After 50”
Prefer the story? I told it on Medium: Why “Just Get a Job” Stopped Working for Me at 50. This is the maths underneath it.
Once you’re past fifty and the money looks thin, everyone hands you the same four answers. Get something part-time. Go freelance. Turn the hobby into a little side line.… Read the rest “The Hidden Maths of Midlife Income: What a Part-Time Job Really Pays After 50”
