Originally Posted By: AvalonBlondi
..but it hasn't always been easy and he has gone up against much younger , less experienced men when bidding for a client and lost some because the media in this country teaches our children that youth is to be revered and old people should be hidden away...I so admire my husband for going out everyday and fighting the fight...I am hoping he will feel better after he reads this article as well...
He says he will never retire...but I wish he could find an encore career and feel happy about the future and not so nostalgic for the ways things use to be...do you know what I mean?


It is useful for highly experienced folks not to be too nostalgic about the past (jobs). Otherwise it's even harder for him to see opportunities around the edges.

Hope he has an interest outside of work that keeps him afloat, AvalonBlondi.
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