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I'm 73, and I can assure everyone that it is possible to get a job after age 40. Or 50. Or even 60.

I moved some 800 miles to a new city at the age of 60, after a divorce. I had no trouble getting work. Okay, so they were entry-level jobs, mainly because I had never had any kind of career or high-paid/high-powered job. Nonetheless, I got jobs. I even wound up turning down one after I'd decided to retire and was collecting SS, because the job was listed in the paper as part time. Alas, their idea of part time was 30 hours a week, and I only wanted 20. Otherwise I'd have been hired on the spot. But the owner (small local business) asked me if I'd be willing to come in for some temp work with them. I said, yes, and twice was called in. It was a nice experience.

Personally, I love not working. I have done some writing, so I'm blown away by your MFA in Creative Writing. Any chance you'll be publishing a novel any time soon? I do hope you let us all know about it if that happens.