Using stories from practice, psychological, philosophical and cultural ideas and values, the author creates a unified theory of age cycles of ideal personality development, thanks to which the reader learns how motives and interests, meanings and purposes change in each period of life. The book describes the reasons for the twisting life in a tight spiral - the emergence of personal and professional crises, repetition of troubles, failure to achieve what you want. Particular attention is paid to discovering opportunities that allow you to change the situation, your present and future in order to live longer, suffer less and smile more often.