Getting to know yourself opens up the future. At any age. Forty years – is it a lot or a little? For some, life is just beginning, but for others it is already ending. What is a “midlife crisis”? What happens to a person who has reached this milestone? Most often, a person looks back at his life, assessing his achievements, his successes or failures. The mistake that many make when making this assessment is comparing themselves with others, most often with those who by this age have achieved a higher status or a higher financial position. Some compare themselves with people who, on the contrary, have neither a career nor great wealth, but they, nevertheless, are happy because they love and are loved. What does all this usually lead to? To depression, despondency, apathy. This book, obeying the natural desire of a person to take a look at his lived life, first immerses you in the past, explaining the reasons for the birth of us exactly as we are, with all the advantages and disadvantages, and then, without allowing you to linger for long on such Comparisons of yourself with other people that are harmful to the psyche turn you towards the future. The future has everything - happiness, success, pride from self-realization, and self-respect. The main thing is to correctly understand yourself and your needs inherent in Nature, and not the needs imposed on you by society. To stand head and shoulders above the rest, you need to take 13 steps and complete 13 homework, armed only with this book, notebook, pen and colored pencils. Good luck!