Porażki w bilansie życiowym aktywnych edukacyjnie seniorek i seniorów

The article presents the results of empirical research about the life balance of seniors. The aim of the study was to find the meanings that old people give own life failures in the perspective of retrospective life review. The aim was also to identify the mechanisms that seniors used in own life balance. An open questionnaire was used for data collection. a qualitative analysis of the written statements of seniors was used. People over 60 years of age (students of university of third age) participated in the research. Seniors pointed to the failures in life concerning: own person, family, education, work, health and financial situation. The mechanisms used in retrospective life review consisted of: denial, blaming themselves or other people.