ABSTRACT
The abstract nature of chronological time is present throughout the aging processes, hence voiding them of meaning because chronological age and chronological duration are used as primary instruments in the organization of the life course. The personal nature of subjective temporal perspectives makes them very different from each other, but it makes no sense to say that these differences are an indication or even proof that these experiences are less precise than chronological measurement, because they refer to different temporal perspectives. In the triple temporality of aging chronological measurement, personal experiences, and narrative articulations, each must play their own interactive role. The concept of narrative identity sheds another light on the meaning of personal identity. Another important achievement of emplotment is the integration of the configurational dimension of the narrative (where the emphasis falls on the meaningful pattern) with its chronological dimension (where the emphasis falls on the timing and succession of events).
