The later years

№ 01

“What's quieter in your life now that used to make a lot of noise?”

№ 02

“What's the story about yourself you find yourself telling more than any other?”

№ 03

“What's an ordinary day in your life like now?”

№ 04

“What's improved with age, despite everything you were told to fear?”

№ 05

“What's worsened, honestly — and how have you arranged your life around it?”

№ 06

“Tell me about a friendship that's still standing after thirty, forty, fifty years.”

№ 07

“What do you do with mornings, now?”

№ 08

“Tell me about a place you've come back to many times across your life.”

№ 09

“What does retirement (or stepping back, or shifting gear) actually feel like, from the inside?”

№ 10

“If you've lost a partner — or you've lived alone for a long stretch — what does the shape of a day on your own feel like now?”

№ 11

“What do you do with the people who are no longer here?”

№ 12

“Tell me about a piece of music that means more to you now than it did when you first heard it.”

№ 13

“What's the thing you're most curious about, still?”

№ 14

“Has your relationship with your body settled into something different in the later years?”

№ 15

“Tell me about something a grandchild — yours or someone else's — has taught you.”

№ 16

“Is there a regret you've come to peace with?”

№ 17

“Is there a regret you haven't made peace with — and don't have to today?”

№ 18

“What's the best meal you've had in the last year?”

№ 19

“Is there a place you'd still like to see, even if you'll need help getting there?”

№ 20

“Have you developed a habit in the last decade that surprises you?”

№ 21

“Tell me about a younger person who's been good to you in your later years.”

№ 22

“What's a possession you'd like to make sure ends up with a particular person?”

№ 23

“Is there an apology you'd still like to make, or receive?”

№ 24

“Tell me about a moment of unexpected joy in the last year.”

№ 25

“Is there a phase of your life you'd happily live again — knowing what you know now?”

№ 26

“What's a habit, attitude, or worry you're glad to have outgrown?”

№ 27

“What does death look like to you now, compared with what it looked like when you were forty?”

№ 28

“Is there a question that, twenty years ago, you thought you'd have figured out by now — and you haven't?”