She is in her fifties and her children are grown, but she is comfortable with being an "empty nester." She says, "You have to learn to let go." Chen says she plans to use this phase of her life to delve into life's big issues, to reflect on how to change herself, and to examine the approaches used by earlier social movements.
「人，要學會『知止』，」處於孩子都已長大的空巢期，面臨新人生階段，陳來紅希望能深入生命主體，去反芻改變自我的智慧，同時對過往社運歷程進行反思。