How’s Your Vitality and Happiness?  Not sure?  Test it!

You may already be familiar with Dan Buettner, National Geographic Fellow, explorer, educator, and author of a very popular book on longevity entitled “Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest,”  He’s the guy who assembled a group of demographers and sent them all over the globe to find the […]

Are You Practicing Self-euthanasia?

Self-euthanasia?  That’s a conversation starter, wouldn’t you say? I came across the term in a recent Fortune magazine article about mattresses.  Well, actually, the article starts off talking about the severe sleep deficiency that exists in the developed world but morphs into a long commercial for luxury mattresses and new high-tech sleep aids. Who knew […]

Time For a New Cultural Portal

  “We either ease into age or we’re disrupted by age.  I don’t like the fact that I’m 82, but I can’t fight it – it’s better that I am 82 than I didn’t make it to 82.  I keep going.  I’m not going to stop.  I still go to work every day.  If I […]

How To Avoid Becoming a “Bored Boomer” – Part Three

  “ If you do not know where you come from, then you don’t know where you are, and if you don’t know where you are, then you don’t know where you’re going.”  Terry Pratchett, “I Shall Wear Midnight” I struggled this week to come up with meaningful content that would be a fitting and […]

How to Avoid Becoming a “Bored Boomer” – Part Two

  Last week, the first article of this three-part series on avoiding boomer boredom focused on (1) finding your essential self, (2) reintegrating yourself and (3) starting a lifestyle business.  This week, we’ll take a look at three more boomer boredom fighters. Why all the concern about boredom? Boredom can lead to the development of […]

How to Avoid Becoming a “Bored Boomer” – Part One

  A Certified Financial Planner friend of mine shared a story over breakfast recently.  One of his long-standing clients – let’s call him Jack –  who had fully retired six months earlier called out of the blue with a plea for help.  Having entered his retirement in great financial shape, his call went something like […]