It's Never Too Late Valerie on a whale watch off Cape Cod with niece, Elizabeth Raftery. The last 10 years of her life were all geared toward saving so she and my Dad could enjoy the rewards of retirement. Young tells me her mother's death came as a wake up call for her. Losing my mother made me realize in no uncertain terms that life really is too short and precious to defer our dreams.
Regrets are terrible things to have.
And, while I may not get everything I want, I now feel compelled to dream big dreams and go after them. Young's help revolves largely around her Changing Course Newsletter , which currently has about 1300 subscribers. The typical reader is a midlifer, but I'm finding younger people in their late 20s and early 30s also seem to be looking for more out of life than a paycheck. I want to know how Young's own transition is panning out. She admits to sometimes putting in more hours as a business owner than an employee might, and, without a regular paycheck, she feels the stress of financial uncertainty.