Beware the Mid-life Default Mode (or How to Avoid Becoming a Pinprick)

Autopilot is death. Flipping the switch is hard. I’m stealing these words from Barbara Bradley Hagerty, NPR correspondent and author of one of my favorite books and one I’ve referenced before: “Life Reimagined: The Science, Art, and Opportunity of Midlife.” I decided I would just let BBH do most of the talking this week because […]

Are You Fearful of Old Age? What Age is “Old” to You?

I guess I’m supposed to be concerned about my advancing age. I get a daily reminder as I roll out of the sack every morning. But, so far, I’ve been able to keep it off my mental calendar. Maybe someday, when all seventy-eleven balls I have in the air come down. I don’t believe in […]

Is It Possible For Scientists To Add 20 Years To Life Expectancy?

I get questions like this a lot lately: How far are we away from reversing the aging process? Have scientists or anyone found a way to stop aging? How would society evolve if we found an affordable way to stop aging, becoming virtually immortal? I am 42 years old, will I live to see the […]

Retirement: Is Yours Running to Something? Or From Something? Or Just Plain Stuck?

Are you being pulled by aspiration, pushed by desperation, or just drifting in cultural sludge in your third age? Given that 2 of 3 retirees enter retirement without a non-financial plan, drifting seems to be the default. “Hey, no problem – what’s the big deal? Retirement will take care of itself”, they say. Sorry. Guess […]

How Is It OK That We’re Meant to Work a 9-5 for 40-plus Years Then Retire? Maybe We’ve Been Bamboozled!

Did you ever wonder how we, as participants in the so-called “western culture”, ended up in a 20-40-20 linear life model while other societies, with longer life spans and generally healthier citizenry, don’t? Somewhere along the way over the last century, somebody crafted a manual that made the default life plan to “work-from-9–5-for-40-years”  and then […]

It’s Not Easy Being a Hypocrite!

I have a confession to make. This is embarrassing! Really embarrassing. Look up “hypocrite” in Merriam Webster  – you’ll find my name. I signed up for Netflix this week!   I get it if you hit the unsubscribe button. You are legitimately accurate to claim “said blogger speaketh from both sides of mouth.” You see, […]