The Countdown
Cursive Is Dead, and Other Realities of Aging
By Dr. Harley Rotbart
The Countdown – Cursive Is Dead and Other Realities of Aging is a lighthearted, insightful, and emotionally resonant look at the strange, funny, and surprisingly meaningful experience of growing older.
With humor, personal vignettes, fond nostalgia, keen observation, and hard-earned wisdom, Dr. Harley Rotbart explores the realities of aging that unite us all: the physical changes, the shifting expectations, the family dynamics, the evolving role we play in our communities, and the astonishing cultural and technological transformations we have witnessed along the way.
From artificial intelligence to artificial joints; from Zoom to Zen; from “senior moments” to “senior storage;” and from memories and milestones to morbidity and mortality, The Countdown finds grace, absurdity, and humanity in the years that accumulate behind us – and the uncertain but still promising and hopeful road ahead.
Written in Dr. Rotbart's warm, conversational, and deeply relatable style, The Countdown will feel familiar to readers of his beloved “No Regrets” books, while venturing into new candid, comic, and poignant territory. In fact, he had considered calling this book "No Regrets Aging," but we all know some regrets inevitably creep in as we get older. This book meets them with perspective, wit, and heart. In this new book, Dr. Rotbart expands upon his widely-read, "viral" pieces on aging for the New York Times and other publications.
As millions of Baby Boomers enter their seventies and eighties – and younger generations try to understand the weird things we say and do, fear and forget, curse and cherish – The Countdown offers a multigenerational roadmap and a conversation starter for families everywhere.
Aging may be inevitable; losing our sense of humor isn't.
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A Few Words on Aging
"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter."
— Mark Twain
"You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred."
— Woody Allen
"I've learned that life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes."
— Andy Rooney
"Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it."
— Will Rogers
"By the time you're 80 years old you've learned everything. You only have to remember it."
— George Burns
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