At age 73, after a career already spanning 51 years, I’m still working. Please, no standing ovation necessary. Nor, for that matter, pangs of pity, either. I plug away at my trade because I like to.
I left my last job at age 67, after 28 years in senior management at high-pressure, bill-by-the-hour public relations firms and set up shop as an independent consultant. Today I’m part-time, logging about 25 to 30 hours a week, about half of my previous workload. I go at it almost every day, putting in an average of about four hours at my desk, mostly in the morning.
