Month: June 2026

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I want to ask you something that might be a little uncomfortable.

When did you last ask yourself what you actually want?

Not what your children need. Not what your grandchildren would enjoy. Not what would make the holidays easier or the family gathering run more smoothly or the situation with your adult child less complicated. What you want. From this chapter of your life. From the years that are genuinely still in front of you.

I’m asking because I’ve spent a lot of time with women over 60 – through my writing, through the platforms I run for women navigating midlife, and frankly through just being a woman in my late 50s navigating the same territory myself – and I’ve noticed something remarkably consistent.

We are extraordinarily good at deferring that question.

We’ll get to it. After the holidays settle down. After the grandchildren get a little older and less demanding. After we figure out the living situation. After things calm down – which they never quite do, because life never quite does.

No Guarantees

I understand that impulse deeply. I lived it for decades. I was a criminal defense attorney for 35 years, which meant I was perpetually in service to someone else’s urgent need. Before that I was a mother, which is its own version of permanent availability. The habit of putting my own question last was so deeply grooved that even when the external demands finally eased, I kept reaching for other people’s priorities like a woman who had simply forgotten she was allowed to have her own.

Here is what I want to say as plainly as I know how to say anything: after is not a guarantee. And the life you keep meaning to sit down and think about is happening right now, while you’re waiting for a better moment to pay attention to it.

I am not trying to alarm you. I am trying to offer you the truth, which is something I have always believed women in this season deserve far more of than they typically receive.

Turn Toward the Questions

Here is the other truth, and I want to say it just as clearly: it is not too late. Whatever you’ve been telling yourself has passed you by, whatever chapter you’ve been quietly afraid you missed – you haven’t missed it. The research on meaning and purpose in later life is consistent and encouraging on this point. The women who report the highest levels of genuine flourishing in their 60s and 70s are not the ones who figured everything out early. They are the ones who kept asking. Who kept turning toward the question instead of away from it.

The women I know personally who are thriving in this season share one quality above all others. They answered the question. Not all at once. Not without doubt or uncertainty. But they decided that who they are now matters – not who they were, not who their families need them to be, but who they actually are today – and they started treating that as worth knowing.

Start Small

What does that look like in practice? It starts smaller than you might expect. It starts with 20 minutes of honest reflection and a willingness to sit with what surfaces. It starts with questions like: What would I do if I genuinely believed there was still time? What have I been telling myself I’ll get to someday? What does thriving look like for me, specifically, in my real and actual life – not the imagined one I keep putting off?

Those are not small questions. But they are available to you right now, today, regardless of your circumstances or your history or what has come before. They do not require a dramatic change or a perfect set of conditions. They require only a willingness to take yourself seriously.

I put together something free to help you begin. It is called the Second Act Soul Check-In – three questions to help you locate yourself honestly in this season. Where you have been, where you actually are, and where you might be heading. It takes about twenty minutes. It will not tell you what to do. It will help you hear yourself more clearly, which I believe is the most useful thing I can offer.

You have more life ahead of you than you may be allowing yourself to believe. The only question is whether you are going to pay attention to it. That question is worth answering now, not after.

DOWNLOAD FREE — SECOND ACT SOUL CHECK-IN

Let’s Discuss:

Do you find it hard to prioritize your own wants? Where do you think that habit came from?

Over the years, many of you have shared your stories with us.

You’ve told us about starting over after divorce or loss. About relocating to a new city or country. About becoming caregivers, then rediscovering yourselves once again. You’ve described learning to navigate retirement, changing family roles, health challenges, and the sometimes surprising question of who you want to become in this next chapter of life.

You’ve also told us something else.

Again and again, you’ve shown that women over 60 are remarkably adaptable.

Technology After 60 Is Not a New Challenge

Most of us have been adapting to change our entire lives.

We have watched handwritten letters give way to email and paper maps yield to GPS. We remember rotary phones, long-distance charges, and waiting days for photographs to be developed. We learned to navigate smartphones, online banking, video calls, and digital photo albums. Many of us maintain friendships across continents and stay connected to children, grandchildren, and communities through technology that would have seemed unimaginable just a few decades ago.

And now, artificial intelligence is simply the latest technology asking us to adapt once again.

Tomorrow it may be artificial general intelligence. The day after that, it could be technologies we cannot yet imagine.

The names will change. The headlines will change. The pace of innovation will continue to accelerate.

But perhaps the more important question remains the same:

How do we embrace change without losing ourselves in the process?

We’ve Been Adapting All Along

Most conversations about new technology focus on disruption. We hear about jobs disappearing, industries changing, and the pressure to keep up.

Yet based on what many of you have shared over the years, that isn’t the question keeping you awake at night.

You’re wondering how to make the most of this stage of life.

How do you maintain your independence? How do you nurture your health, deepen your relationships, travel with confidence, express your creativity, and continue growing into the person you are still becoming?

Perhaps technology matters only to the extent that it helps us answer those questions.

What Does Technology After 60 Really Mean?

For many women, technology after 60 isn’t about becoming an expert.

It’s about using the right tools to support the life you want to live.

When smartphones first appeared, many of us learned how to use them because we wanted to see photos of our grandchildren or stay connected while traveling.

Video calls allowed us to bridge distances that once felt impossible. Online banking simplified everyday tasks.

None of us had to become engineers to benefit from those changes. We simply remained open. Curiosity matters far more than technical expertise.

Small Tools Can Create Big Possibilities

Imagine planning a long-awaited trip and having technology help you build an itinerary tailored to your interests.

Imagine organizing treasured family recipes into a keepsake cookbook for future generations.

Imagine drafting a difficult email when emotions make finding the right words challenging.

Picture yourself preparing thoughtful questions before a doctor’s appointment so you feel more confident advocating for your health.

Perhaps a new tool introduces you to books you might never have discovered, hobbies you’ve always wanted to explore, or volunteer opportunities aligned with your values.

None of these uses require you to become a technology enthusiast. They simply invite you to use new tools in service of the life you want to live.

The Wisdom You Already Possess Matters Most

Technology can provide information. It can generate ideas. It can offer suggestions. What it cannot do is decide what matters most to you.

• It cannot tell you which friendships deserve your time and attention.
• It cannot determine which destinations feel like home.
• It cannot define beauty, purpose, joy, or fulfillment.

Only you can do that.

The experiences you’ve gathered over decades of living have taught you what brings comfort, meaning, laughter, and peace.

Those lessons remain invaluable.

These conversations have also led us to wonder whether experience and judgment may become even more valuable in a rapidly changing world. If you’re curious about that idea, we’ve explored it more deeply in a companion article on Next Cradle.

The Next Chapter Is Still Being Written

Perhaps one of the greatest gifts of growing older is recognizing that we don’t have to embrace every trend that comes along.

We can choose thoughtfully.

We can adopt what serves us and leave behind what doesn’t.

The technologies of the future will continue to evolve. Artificial intelligence may eventually give way to something even more transformative.

But the deeper challenge will remain unchanged.

How do we create lives that reflect who we are and what matters most?

Based on the conversations we’ve had with so many of you over the years, I suspect the answer is the same as it has always been.

• We stay curious.
• We remain open to possibility.
• We hold tightly to our values while adapting to changing circumstances.

And we continue creating lives filled with meaning, beauty, connection, and purpose.

Technology after 60 isn’t about keeping up with every innovation.

It’s about using what serves us, letting go of what doesn’t, and continuing to create lives that reflect who we are becoming.

After all, the goal of this next chapter isn’t to become someone else.

It’s to become even more fully ourselves.

What Do You Think?

How have you adapted to change over the years, and are there new tools that have surprised you in the ways they’ve enriched your life?

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