Three Words That Can Change Life At Any Age: Choice, Creativity, Courage

Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay Raise your hand if you have found life to flow smoothly, without unexpected twists or turns. Crickets! Anyone here been sailing along, everything under control – good work, good health, enough money, things good at home, lots of friends – and then suddenly something knocks you off that plateau. If that hasn’t […]

The Truth About Diets – They Are As Sensible As Lottery Tickets!

Raise your hand if you know someone who has gone on a diet at some point in their life (Yes, you can include yourself – I won’t tell anybody). Hmmm! Most everybody. Thanks for participating. Now, leave your hand up if that/those individual(s) stayed with it and adopted a change in their way of life. […]

Can We “Unteach” Traditional Retirement? Maybe We Should.

Image by CoxinhaFotos from Pixabay Quiz for you: Name two major industries that are ripe for disruption but remain rigidly unassailable. If you guessed education and healthcare, you are spot on. Both are yellow brick roads to rising costs and decreased value. Both are heavyweight political playgrounds where the needle just doesn’t get moved. In his book “The […]

We Stopped Listening to the Ancient Greeks. It’s Costing Us.

I’m still working at 81. I blew right past that obligatory “65” retirement stop sign. I don’t remember seeing it. Some say I’m nuts, not realizing that’s the best compliment you can pay an oddball like me. I still get asked why I haven’t retired by those in my age cohort. There is a steady […]

FOGO vs LOGO – A Formula for Aging With Purpose

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay A month ago, I wrote about a new acronym that has emerged regarding aging: FOGO – Fear of Growing Old. Allow me to quote myself from the article: “FOGO is rooted in time travel. By that I mean, traveling to and wallowing in the regrets and guilt of the past or casting […]

Do you think you are ageing gracefully or is there some work to be done?

Image by G John from Pixabay I had to stop and think about this question. What does “gracefully” mean? My dictionary doesn’t have it except as an adverb of grace. Under grace, we find words like charm, attractiveness, beauty, and ease of movement. I’ve been on the planet longer than most, having entered my 9th decade (for you […]