Aging

Trusting As Little As Possible in Tomorrow

What happened to delayed gratification?

Why So Many Older Men Are Quietly Giving Up

What can we do?

Nobody Cares. No, Seriously, Nobody Cares

The only person who ever really keeps score...is you.

The Quiet Crisis Facing Young Men

This one thing quietly crushed ambition

The Ultimate Act of Compassion?

What begins as easing suffering can end as controlling the cost of care

Eight Observations After Eight Decades

What the 80-year-old me wishes the younger me had done sooner

Dear Younger Me:

You aren’t gonna believe what the future holds for us.

Our Passions Whisper to Us

Survival is no longer the objective

The Lost Art of Dying Well

The forgotten dance of life

Do You Really Want to Live to 100?

...and what happens if you do?

The Great Mystery of Life

The meaning is in giving it away

Five Things the Sandwich Generation Needs to Hear

...Somebody Needs to Say It

What the Dying Can Teach Us About Living

The five regrets hospice nurses hear most, and what to do about them now

Five Timeless Pieces of Advice from 300 B.C.

What’s old is new again and again....

Can Saying “Hello” Save a Life?

...we can be heroes

How Much Money Do You Need to Be Rich?

...and what do toilets have to do with it?

Five Secrets to a Lifetime of Joy

Five lessons on happiness, boiled down from everything I've written

Disorderly Conduct: The Entropic Nature of Aging

Are We Eating Ourselves to Death?

Maybe, but the reason will shock you.

What Will You Leave Behind?

In 100 years, the there will be few signs you ever lived.

With Family, Friends, Music, & Dogs