Preface: the arch and the staircase -- Setting the stage for the rest of your life. Act three: becoming whole -- Reviewing the past -- Act one: a time for gathering -- Act two: a time of building -- Eleven ingredients of a success full third act -- Body, brain and attitude. The workout -- Now more than ever you are what you eat -- You and your brain: use it or lose it -- Positivity: the good news is you're getting older -- Doing a life review.