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How to resist cultural narratives about aging

I spent my forties thinking fifty was old and now I am fifty-five and I feel like I am just getting started but society keeps sending me messages about winding down.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Social expectations about decline can conflict with individual experience of continued growth and possibility.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Aging and time acceleration?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.