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The book you hold in your hands is the distillate of a quarter centurys teaching. It is my attempt to answer, What next? for students who are embarking on their second act.
Julia Cameron
Julia Cameron has inspired millions with her bestseller on creativity, The Artists Way. In Its Never Too Late To Begin Again, she turns her eye to a segment of the population that, ironically, while they have more time to be creative, are often reluctant or intimidated by the creative process. Cameron shows readers that retirement can, in fact, be the most rich, fulfilling, and creative time of their lives.
When someone retires, the newfound freedom can be quite exciting, but also daunting. The life that someone had has changed, and the life to come is yet to be defined. In this book, Cameron shows readers how cultivating their creative selves can help them navigate this new terrain. She tells the inspiring stories of retirees who discovered new artistic pursuits and passions that more than filled their daysthey nurtured their souls.
A twelve-week course aimed at definingand creatingthe life you want to have as you redefineand re-createyourself, this book includes simple tools that will guide and inspire you to make the most of this time in your life:
- Memoir writing offers an opportunity to reflect onand honorpast experience. This book guides you through the daunting task of writing an entire memoir, breaking it down into manageable pieces.
- Morning Pagesprivate, stream-of-consciousness writing done dailyallow you to express wishes, fears, delights, resentments, and joys, which in turn, provide focus and clarity for the day at hand.
- Artist Dates encourage fun and spontaneity.
- Solo Walks quell anxiety and clear the mind.
This fun, gentle, step-by-step process will help you explore your creative dreams, wishes, and desiresand help you quickly find that its never too late to begin again.

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ALSO BY JULIA CAMERON

BOOKS IN THE ARTISTS WAY SERIES

The Artists Way

The Artists Way For Parents
(with Emma Lively)

Walking in This World

Finding Water

The Complete Artists Way

The Artists Way Workbook

The Artists Way Every Day

The Artists Way Morning Pages Journal

The Artists Date Book
(illustrated by Elizabeth Cameron)

Inspirations: Meditations from The Artists Way

OTHER BOOKS ON CREATIVITY

The Prosperous Heart
(with Emma Lively)

Prosperity Every Day

The Writing Diet

The Right to Write

The Sound of Paper

The Vein of Gold

How to Avoid Making Art (or Anything Else You Enjoy)
(illustrated by Elizabeth Cameron)

Supplies: A Troubleshooting Guide for Creative Difficulties

The Writers Life: Insights from The Right to Write

The Artists Way at Work
(with Mark Bryan and Catherine Allen)

Money Drunk, Money Sober
(with Mark Bryan)

The Creative Life

PRAYER BOOKS

Answered Prayers

Heart Steps

Blessings

Transitions

Prayers to the Great Creator

BOOKS ON SPIRITUALITY

Safe Journey

Prayers from a Nonbeliever

Letters to a Young Artist

God Is No Laughing Matter

God Is Dog Spelled Backwards
(illustrated by Elizabeth Cameron)

Faith and Will

MEMOIR

Floor Sample: A Creative Memoir

FICTION

Mozarts Ghost

Popcorn: Hollywood Stories

The Dark Room

PLAYS

Public Lives

The Animal in the Trees

Four Roses

Love in the DMZ

Avalon (a musical)

The Medium at Large (a musical)

Magellan (a musical)

POETRY

Prayers for the Little Ones

Prayers to the Nature Spirits

The Quiet Animal

This Earth
(also an album with Tim Wheater)

FEATURE FILM
(as writer-director)

Gods Will

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eBook ISBN: 9781101983546

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Cameron, Julia, author. | Lively, Emma, author.

Title: Its never too late to begin again : discovering creativity and

meaning at midlife and beyond / Julia Cameron, Emma Lively.

Other titles: It is never too late to begin again

Description: New York : TarcherPerigee, 2016. | Includes bibliographical

references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015050216 | ISBN 9780399174216 (paperback)

Subjects: LCSH: Creative ability. | Aging. | BISAC: SELF-HELP / Creativity. |

SELF-HELP / Aging. | FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Aging.

Classification: LCC BF408 .C17555 2016 | DDC 155.67/19dc23

Some names and identifying characteristics have been changed to protect the privacy of the individuals involved.

Cover design by Mauna Eichner

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This book is dedicated to Jeremy Tarcher, whose lifelong creativity inspired us all.

Contents
Introduction

T wenty-five years ago I wrote a book on creativity called The Artists Way. It spelled out, in a step-by-step fashion, just what a person could do to recoverand exercisetheir creativity. I often called that book The Bridge because it allowed people to move from the shore of their constrictions and fears to the promised land of deeply fulfilling creativity. The Artists Way was used by people of all ages, but I found my just-retired students the most poignant. I sensed in them a particular problem set that came with maturity. Over the years, many of them asked me for help dealing with issues specific to transitioning out of the work force. The book you hold in your hands is the distillate of a quarter centurys teaching. It is my attempt to answer, What next? for students who are embarking on their second act. In this book you will find the common problems facing the newly retired: too much time, lack of structure, a sense that our physical surroundings suddenly seem outdated, excitement about the future coupled with a palpable fear of the unknown. As a friend of mine worried recently, All I do is work. When I stop working, will I do... nothing?

The answer is no. You will not do nothing. You will do many things. You will be surprised and delighted by the well of colorful inspiration that lies within youa well that you alone can tap. You will discover that you are not alone in your desires, and that there are creativity tools that can help you navigate the specific issues of retirement. Those who worked the Artists Way will find some of the tools familiar. Other tools are new, or their use is innovative. This book attempts to address many taboo subjects for the newly retired: boredom, giddiness, a sense of being untethered, irritability, excitement, and depression, to name just a few. It seeks to give its practitioners a simple set of tools that, used in combination, will trigger a creative rebirth. It attempts to prove that everyone is creativeand that it is never too late to explore your creativity.

When my father entered retirement after a busy and successful thirty-five years as an account executive in advertising, he turned to nature. He acquired a black Scottie dog named Blue that he took for long, daily walks. He also acquired a pair of birding binoculars and found that the hourly tally of winged friends brought him wonder and joy. He spotted finches, juncos, chickadees, wrens, and more exotic visitors, like egrets. He lived half the year on a sailboat in Florida and half the year just outside of Chicago. He enjoyed the differing bird populations and was enchanted by their antics. When it got too dangerous for him to live alone on his boat, he moved to the north permanently, settling into a small cottage on a lagoon. There he spotted cardinals, tanagers, blue jays, owls, and the occasional hawk. When I would visit him, he would share his love of birding. His enthusiasm was contagious, and I found myself buying Audubon prints of the birds my father was spotting. Mounted and carefully framed, the prints brought me much joy. My fathers newfound hobby soon became my own, if only in snatches.

It just takes time and attention, my dad would say. Retired, he found he had both. The birds kept my father company. He was thrilled when a great blue heron established a nest within his view. Visiting my father, I would always hope for a glimpse. The herons were lovely and elegant. My father waited for them patiently. His patience was a gift of his retirement. During his high-powered and stress-filled career, he had no dog and no birds. But nature had called to him, and it was a call he was only able to respond to fully once he retired.

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