“Well, were you happy?” the younger colleague wants to know with a mixture of quiet envy and empathy. Bettina Musall answers grumpily: “Not so much.” No more conferences, no more bosses – what makes others euphoric fills them with concern. Because the long-standing Mirror-Editor, who has to retire at the end of her regular working hours, has always been one of the enviable people who enjoyed her work. Now she is faced with the anxious question: What does the future hold? A new beginning? Or just the beginning of the end?
“This can be good” by Bettina Musall: Where should the boomers go? – Culture
