My goal for my 27th year of life is to see as many broadway shows as possible (on the cheap of course, I'm NOT made of money. Earlier this month, I went to see Anything Goes. It was a great show. However, an article I read in the Playbill that I got from the show was even more interesting.
The theater magazine did a piece on actress Estelle Parsons. If you are an 80s & 90s sitcom fan like I am, you may recognize her as the obnoxious and overbearing mother to Roseanne and Jackie on Roseanne.
In the article, I learned that she is (or was at the time of the article) performing in Nice Work if You Can Get It. At 84, she still is passionate about what she does, and has a desire to keep going. Rather than planning for retirement and a life of doing nothing, Parsons is planning her next project.
I found this fluff piece inspiring. To still be driven at an advanced age, and to have your drive stem from more then just a love of money and material things, but to to stem from a passion for what you do.
It also reminded me that I could start my career tomorrow and by the time I am her age, I'd have been in it for nearly 60 years! While the thought of working in the same job or field for 60+ years is daunting it does put things in perspective a bit.
I guess we often focus so much on what people accomplished before age 25, before age 30 etc, that we forget that for many of life does go on after thirty. And their so many potential accomplishments and personal successes in the future.
Here's a clip from Roseanne:
