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Michael Green, 51 yrs, Scientist in Perth, Western Australia.

The best thing about being over 40

My income is higher than it was.

The worst thing about being over 40

My knee isn't what it once was.

My one regret

My mum encouraged me to go for piano lessons at the age of 8 - 9 and I turned them down. This meant I didn't take up piano seriously until I was almost twelve and that the best years for learning piano at a really deep level had passed me by. Now because of this I am not a good sight reader.

What I know now that I wish I'd known at 21

My Myer Briggs Personality Type - I am an ISTJ (Introverted, Sensing, Thinking, Judging type).

How I'll celebrate my next birthday

With a cup of tea.

One thing I've achieved since being 40

I was given a violin for my 50th birthday and I have been having weekly lessons ever since and making progress.

My goals for the next 10 years

To play the violin really well.

How I keep healthy

Eat sensibly, exercise, no smoking, no alcohol.

The people who inspire me

Richard Feynman, he was a theoretical physicist and I admire his awe inspiring capacity to understand physics and to be able to explain it to lesser minds ... while at the same time being a larrikin and a joker.

Favourite hobby

Classical music.

Favourite TV/Radio programme or magazine

New Scientist.

Favourite Music

Chopin Ballades.

Favourite Sound

Dawn Chorus - as long as it doesn't wake me up when I am wanting to sleep!

My advice to other people in midlife

Hang in there.

One of my favourite sayings

I don't have any - I am not into sayings!

More details of Michael and how he found meaning in his life from scientific searching for answers and by realising that the Sun was in Midlife can be found in chapter 20 in Midlife And Happiness.

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