I’m 55 years old, and after a long and winding path through very different professions, I’ve returned to my true passion: writing.
I left everything behind and started writing, as I should have done over 30 years ago.
I have no regrets, other than not having done it sooner.
Around me, I see a sea of young writers with whom I have to compete, but I immediately consider them colleagues, and so we become friends.
I’m multilingual, and in Italy, writers who start after 40 are really rare. Starting at 55 is seen as something quite extraordinary, admirable, and, I believe, a bit pathetic.
Since I’ve been writing on Medium and Substack, I’ve noticed that crossing paths with a 60-year-old starting a writing career is completely normal.
This has given me a lot of motivation to keep going, just like reading your article.
Riccardo, I’m thrilled that you’ve found your way back to writing and you’ve connected with so many writers over 40/50+. I’m learning Italian ( again) and looking forward to taking my son on his first trip to Italy. Although all my family is from Italy they didn’t speak Italian at home. I studied Italian throughout school but it’s harder to master a language when you don’t use it. I started taking classes a year ago to refresh and would love to become multi- lingual.
I’m 55 years old, and after a long and winding path through very different professions, I’ve returned to my true passion: writing.
I left everything behind and started writing, as I should have done over 30 years ago.
I have no regrets, other than not having done it sooner.
Around me, I see a sea of young writers with whom I have to compete, but I immediately consider them colleagues, and so we become friends.
I’m multilingual, and in Italy, writers who start after 40 are really rare. Starting at 55 is seen as something quite extraordinary, admirable, and, I believe, a bit pathetic.
Since I’ve been writing on Medium and Substack, I’ve noticed that crossing paths with a 60-year-old starting a writing career is completely normal.
This has given me a lot of motivation to keep going, just like reading your article.
Thank you so much, Tracy.
Riccardo, I’m thrilled that you’ve found your way back to writing and you’ve connected with so many writers over 40/50+. I’m learning Italian ( again) and looking forward to taking my son on his first trip to Italy. Although all my family is from Italy they didn’t speak Italian at home. I studied Italian throughout school but it’s harder to master a language when you don’t use it. I started taking classes a year ago to refresh and would love to become multi- lingual.
Wooww, I’m happy about this.
The Italian language is very beautiful. It has a truly infinite palette of tones.
You can describe anything in a thousand ways without ever getting tired of it.
Si la lingua italiana è molte bella! ( I think that’s a decent sentence🤣)
Yeah! Perfect!
Grazie!