Silver tsunami?

January 13, 2010

Why is it that all these descriptions of disaster are suddenly appearing to describe the over 60 crowd? Are they fear based? Are they trying to be cute? Is the media trying to find a way to talk about us that they think we won’t find patronizing or offensive? Why is everything that this cohort [...]

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Use it or lose it!

December 7, 2009

We may not like this bit of reality but the older we get the truer this statement becomes. Why do we believe that retirement should be one or two vacations and then an endless series of days where we do nothing much? What a desperate and miserable waste of all that we spent a life [...]

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What do we do when the money runs out?

November 23, 2009

I find myself in a situation that I know is unfolding for many others in their sixties in the same charming? terrifying? way. There’s more money going out than coming in and the money that’s coming in will soon end. An inadequate state pension is still a few years away. What do we do now? [...]

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Pet Peeves – grocery shopping

October 29, 2009

Why must I pay a premium to purchase smaller sizes of common items? Why are the shelves so high I need to be able to vault to reach a jar of popcorn kernels or tobasco sauce? Why is it that unit prices on the shelves are so tiny I need to carry a magnifying glass [...]

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Boomer Alphabet 8

October 26, 2009

Consolidate To bring things or ideas and together thereby increasing strength, stability & focus. To consolidate your energy & focus and so that the project you care about gets done in a timely way. Or, to consolidate your debts into one pile just so you see how big it is! NB. less fun than the [...]

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Set backs and frustrations

October 26, 2009

The most exciting part of generating lots of ideas from following your passion and curiosity is that there are so many exhilarating options to explore.  Weeks of high energy and blazing hope are akin to falling in love, with all the joy and delight that brings. So, you start a new project, enthusiasm is high, [...]

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The ageing body

October 7, 2009

I’ve been musing recently on how my body is ageing and how I feel about that. I’ve long given up hope that I will ever again look like my svelte 30 year old self. I mostly avoid mirrors (what’s the point?) But recently I thought I’d do an exercise in counting my blessings. I’m grateful [...]

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Boomer Alphabet 7

September 29, 2009

Communicate Ideally: to exchange information, transmit feeling, purpose or passion so that it is clearly understood. Communication assumes there is content, but given the range of communication options in our internet age, is there actual content or is it all more or less noise? What then are we actually communicating? A two year old’s ability [...]

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Why ageism is so dangerous

August 31, 2009

There are many problems with ageism, but it is only recently I have begun to think of it as dangerous to my peace and even continued existence. There is a persistent stream of thought that pits the young against those older and the older against the young in an us and them way. Each group, [...]

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Planned Happenstance-Persistence

August 10, 2009

How are you doing with following your curiosity? Making progress? Exploring lots of ideas? Having fun yet? Once you have a nice list of possibilities and start exploring them, you will be on a roll with that for quite a while. Eventually though, you’ll stall for any number of reasons. The most likely scenario is [...]

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