Leaving the Autumn Years

About the Book

Now that you’re a senior citizen, does it seem as though your life has shrunk around you, leaving little behind the outside world? Perhaps your friends have begun to avoid you—or vice versa. Maybe you’ve even become a grump. If any of this sounds familiar, don’t worry; you can find a reasonable way to change your behavior. Leaving the Autumn Years explores how seniors react, both negatively and positively, to changes in their daily lives and how their mind-sets in various situations can shift dramatically. It considers why people behave the way they do and provides self-assessments designed to help you understand your lifestyle and reactions with new perspective. At age seventy-nine, author Gerald Kastigar shares his knowledge and wisdom, built from his life experiences as a keen observer of human nature; examines how people create the conditions and mind-sets of their lives; and offers methods for adjusting your outlook to improve your health and happiness. This self-help guide seeks to assist older people in understanding truths about themselves and discovering how to make the changes they feel are necessary.

About the Author

Gerald Kastigar at age 79, shares his experience, knowledge, wisdom and relates his life experience as a keen observer of human behavior, and how people create their “conditions” or mindsets in their lives. Self-inquiries are presented for the reader with which to seek the real truth of their particular life-style and behaviors then use them to effectively make the needed changes.

He was a corporate training director for a large telecommunications company for nearly 30 years. He developed, taught and evaluated curricula for the company both domestically and abroad, mainly in the Middle East and Europe. This has allowed him to observe many aspects of human behavior and to share those observations with the reader.

By studying this guide, the question to be answered is,

“Why am I the way I am and what might I do to change the things I feel need changing.

Do I need to find another perspective of myself other than the one I am using?