Conscious Ageing: Creating Meaning & Purpose In The Second Half Of Life - Every Monday @ University of Sydney

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You’ve lived Adulthood I – you’ve built a career and perhaps raised a family. You’re in your mid-50’s or 60’s and you probably have at least another 30-40 years of good life ahead of you. So, what’s next? Human life expectancy at birth in industrialised countries has increased by some thirty years since the beginning of the twentieth century. Career and child rearing, by which we have defined ourselves, no longer occupy the majority of our time. We are in new territory. We need to reimagine the life we want to create in this second stage of adulthood – adulthood II. The course will explore the questions, who do I want to be now that I’m grown up? What do I still long and need to do in my life? How do I want to contribute? How do I want to be remembered? What gives my life meaning? What brings me joy? When am I most alive? To explore these questions, it is necessary to reflect on our lives, extracting lessons we’ve learned; repair unhealed wounds and fractured relationships; clarify our deepest values; face our mortality; and deliberately envision the life we want to lead now and the legacy we want to leave behind.

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