Design a long life full of love, purpose, well-being, and
friendship, at any age, using the creative tools of award-winning
product designer, author, and world's #1 life coach Ayse Birsel.
What does it mean to craft the life you want, as you grow older?
For industrial designer and author Ayse Birsel, the answer draws on
key principles of design-like optimism, empathy, collaboration,
open-mindedness, and holistic thinking-as well as the experiences
of older people on the pioneering frontiers of long life. Longer
life is a thrilling, modern opportunity, and like so many parts of
life it needs to be thoughtfully designed.Thinking about a long
life is very exciting indeed. It's also a new phenomenon. Fifty
years ago, living into one's seventies was considered the mark of a
long life. Today, seventy feels young, eighty feels normal, and
ninety is within reach. Birsel believes this new horizon of life is
as important and exciting as the invention of moving pictures. Or
that of automobiles, or even space travel. Her point is, when a
change this big happens, innovation follows. This book is for
everyone who is interested in defining their long life, using
design thinking tools. It's an interactive book with exercises that
will help you think creatively by asking you to visualize your
life. It is full of insights learned from wise people who have
lived the longest. It is organized into the four themes of Love,
Purpose, Well-Being, and Friendship, and contains insights that
will help you love better, find purpose, practice well-being, and
make friends. Drawing on Birsel's year-long codesign research with
older people, Design the Long Life You Love offers readers of all
ages-from those in their twenties and thirties just starting out,
to those in mid-life looking for a change, to those in later life
who are the experts for us all-thought-provoking questions,
exercises for self-exploration, and interviews with innovative
entrepreneurs and thought-leaders to guide them on their own
journeys of crafting the next phase of life. Focusing on four keys
areas-Love, Purpose, Well-Being, and Friendship-this book pairs
life lessons from people who've lived the longest with design tools
to help you plan your own long life, whether you're looking ahead
to retirement, a home post-children, or starting a new project that
makes you come alive. Playfulness is key to creating a long life,
and readers will find that reflected in this joy-filled book.
Whimsical, two-color drawings, illustrated interviews with
thought-leaders, and interactive exercises will put you in the
mindset of a designer as you foster creativity and explore what
your own long life can look like. When it comes to our lives, we
are our own innovators-so let's begin to learn how to do just that.
Welcome to Design the Long Life You Love!
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