Why Did Isocrates Live to 98 and We Can’t Make It Past 80? A Longevity Lesson from the Ancient Greeks.

Much has been said about the meteoric increase in average lifespan over the last century. I’ve made a pretty big deal of it all in past articles. Considering that we moved that needle from 47 years to about 80 between 1910 and 2010, I guess it’s worth a mention. Especially since we hockey-sticked it more […]

How does one work a 40 hour a week job, have time to cook healthy meals, sleep 8 hours a night, and go to the gym?

  Maybe you’ve got this all figured out. I don’t. I know – we’re just supposed to get better at “time management.” But then, we can’t “manage time.” Time is fixed, immutable, and unchanging. It manages itself and we can’t change what exists for us to function within. We can’t change that a minute is […]

Are you “youthful” or “useful”? (The mirrors at 24 Hour Fitness answer part of that question for me!)

Part of me says it’s unfair to have so many mirrors in an athletic club. They are everywhere – and they don’t lie. But then if you are part of the tank top, tattoo, tiny testicle, mirror muscle group hanging out with your lululemon-clad girlfriend, mirrors are essential. For someone approaching geezerdom it’s, well, painful. […]

Is Early Retirement As Good As They Say, Or Is It Like The Grass Is Always Greener On The Other Side? The Jury May Still Be Out.

I can’t speak to early retirement – or to retirement in general – as I am a non-retiree and staunch opponent of the concept of traditional vocation-to-vacation retirement. I will say, however, I feel that the idea of early retirement is further validation of the tremendous grip this unnatural concept has on our psyche. I […]

I’m 57, have no savings, and am unemployed. Is it too late to turn my life around? An open letter response.

An open letter to a mid-lifer that recently posed this question on Quora.com. I’m 57, have no savings, and am unemployed. Is it too late to turn my life around? Absolutely not!!! It’s never too late to start but always too early to quit!   Consider that you may have 20–30 years ahead of you […]

Why Do the Japanese Outlive Us in America – Without a 24 Hour Fitness?

Photo by Ash Edmonds on Unsplash Remember when GM, Ford, Chrysler scoffed at the quality of Japanese “rice burners” that started showing up on the U.S. market back in the 1970s and dismissed their presence as a potential threat. Not long thereafter, the American auto industry started rolling out gems like this rolling bathtub – – while Toyota […]