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The Autumnal Man
Writings for Men of Middle Age

The Works

Apr
26

What is a Lifestyle Change?

A lifestyle change is a physical, mental or emotional change in the way your live your life. Its purpose is to make your life more pleasant.
4 min read
Apr
26

How to change my lifestyle

Many men in their Autumnal years feel the need to change their lifestyle, adapt to the aging process and try
3 min read
Apr
26

I feel like a disappointment

Feeling like a disappointment can be debilitating for a career-oriented man. But paradoxically the one thing we can control is how we feel about a situation.
3 min read
Dec
31

Career Change: an umbrella term

Career change and lifestyle changes during the Autumn of our Lives demand a more artistic approach than we are used to.
8 min read
Nov
30

How to get over Disappointment

Loss is a constant companion. But it need not be debilitating. All that's needed is to work out how to get over disappointment....
2 min read
Oct
31

Is Addiction a Mental Illness?

Is addiction a mental illness? No. Unless you consider the desire to escape is a mental illness. That is too
1 min read
Jul
31

The Craftsmanship Manifesto: Part I

We are Craftsmen: we do a job well for its own sake. The technocrat and the anarchist. The importance of ideas. Administrative evil.
8 min read
Jul
27

A Vague Sense of Unease

Previous article, "Administrative Evil" The vague sense of unease you are most likely feeling Will not go away.
2 min read
Jul
26

Happiness or Fulfilment

Previous Section: "A Vague Sense of Unease" There is an irony that in an economy Based on consumption
4 min read
Jul
25

What is Productivity?

Previous Section: "Happiness or Fulfilment?" Most business groups - and unions, for that matter - think of productivity
1 min read