<story><title>My Life at 47 Is Back to What It Was Like at 27</title><url>https://medium.com/s/meghan-daum/my-life-at-47-is-back-to-what-it-was-like-at-27-eb7a071b3598</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>IronWolve</author><text>One of the things about getting older and divorced, people use to join organizations at higher rates, now we moved to online communities and an online&amp;#x2F;mobile life.&lt;p&gt;With a fulltime job and you working till death, you don&amp;#x27;t have time to do much.  The local eagles&amp;#x2F;lions&amp;#x2F;moose&amp;#x2F;etc club, you at least got to go out and have dinner, chat with people, make friends, etc.&lt;p&gt;I checked out the local Masons lodge, and I was at least 20 years younger so I didn&amp;#x27;t ask to be sponsored. My friend in Ireland joined the Masons, he says the lodges are filled with younger people from 20s and up.&lt;p&gt;I read the &amp;quot;Starting over&amp;quot; and think, did you change your hobbies and activities too?  There&amp;#x27;s so much to do now, how can one be bored. Even a trip to the library and parks is cheap and free.</text></comment>
<story><title>My Life at 47 Is Back to What It Was Like at 27</title><url>https://medium.com/s/meghan-daum/my-life-at-47-is-back-to-what-it-was-like-at-27-eb7a071b3598</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jsharf</author><text>I think there&amp;#x27;s more to life than settling into a fixed set point. Life is interactive: you can improve your experience by putting in the right kind of effort and getting lucky. For example, the author wrote this article and made a strong connection with a bunch of strangers on the internet. Even if the author doesn&amp;#x27;t feel that way, I do, and that&amp;#x27;s enough for me. Agency is a muscle, exercise it!</text></comment>