I don’t want to die before I get old, but I do want to leave something behind before I do. I’m 55, so there’s no time to waste. I’ve chosen to write. I’ve published one book on Amazon KDP and I hope to publish another before year’s end (and I have a hundred pages written of a third one). I don’t know if it constitutes leaving the world better than how I found it, but I’m doing my best.
Looking back, it’s a bit ironic. I made my career in software engineering. The army personnel flying Chinooks are flying something that has a bit of me in it. Same for Navy personnel who use certain comms. But I’ve always wanted to write, so after being laid off that’s the path I’m pursuing.
LOL me too! I’m editing my book now (long tedious process lol). I haven’t looked into setting up kdp yet, as I just started writing a few more things ago. It has kept me plenty busy and mind active, that’s for sure
At 55.........
You must think 90, at least.
The inability to come up with a word at a specific moment is actually quite common. It is helpful to have a wife or husband who can supply the word on demand and lubricate the problem. Seldom do both 80+ individuals lose track of the same word simultaneously.
I have that problem while posting. I have learned to leave out the word and type ////////. By the end of the next sentence it will come forward and be typed in the right place.
In the octogenarian community, the problem is recognized as to some degree universal. We keep on keeping on though