Looking for a book to make me feel better about aging
By wrenfield
I’m turning 52 tomorrow, and I don’t know if it’s my age or just this time of year, but I’ve been weirdly reflective about everything that’s already happened. I keep thinking about old friends and certain faces that I haven’t seen in forever. It’s mostly the usual “what if I’d done this instead?” and the sense that I missed chances. I want to get some real hope back, like that feeling of possibility and being alive again, not just stuck looking backward. Does anyone have book recommendations—fiction, non-fiction, essays, whatever—that might help me look at this part of life like an adventure? I guess I’m trying to treat this time of sadness and mourning for my old self as something that comes before a new (hopefully exciting) chapter. And just to be clear, I’m not depressed. More like a little gloomy. I’ve got a loving family and a great wife and all that. I just keep getting pulled into the past, and I’d love some perspective on what’s ahead.