What was a choice you made that completely changed your life? This question was posted recently on Quora.com. I was intrigued by it and decided to pen out a response. I had to think hard because, after chewing up nearly all of eight decades, there have been just a few choices along the way. The… Continue reading What was a choice you made that completely changed your life? Here’s mine. What’s yours?
Category: Health and Wellness
Escaping Your Cultural Captors – Your Portal May Be Pooping On Your Potential!
Have you ever thought of yourself as being in a “cultural fishbowl?” News alert! You’re in one! If you’re 16, you are in a cultural fishbowl with the world watching to see how well you manage your rebelliousness and bone-headedness. If you are 60, your cultural fishbowl is being watched by a crowd with a… Continue reading Escaping Your Cultural Captors – Your Portal May Be Pooping On Your Potential!
Whew! Good News About Being 60!
My mom didn’t make it to 60. She gave it up to lymphoma at age 57. Dad had a heart attack two years later at 59 and made it to 80, enduring 21 years of extended chronic illness. My grandparents all checked out in their 60s and 70s. I remember a Parade magazine article a… Continue reading Whew! Good News About Being 60!
Five Critical Steps to Thriving Within Your Longevity Bonus
You’ve heard it a thousand times. We’re living longer. Yay! We extended our average lifespan more in 110 years than we did in the previous 100,000 years. That’s quite a hockey-stick performance. Makes you wonder why we waited so long. What was so magic about the 20th century? I guess you could say that a… Continue reading Five Critical Steps to Thriving Within Your Longevity Bonus
You’re Over 50 and On The Back-Nine. How Are You Going to Play It?
For the last few summers, I’ve been playing golf in a senior men’s league at a local muni. It’s a mid-week event, so this group is mostly retirees mixed with a few business owners who can step away from their businesses for a day. This is truly a geriatric bunch – the average age is… Continue reading You’re Over 50 and On The Back-Nine. How Are You Going to Play It?
“R” Words Are Important – Here’s Five That We Need For Our “Second-half”
In June 2018, I posted a blog that became one of my more popular posts. It’s entitled “Your Second Half Should Be Filled With These Four-letter Words” – click on it and become enlightened (How’s that for a dose of arrogance?) It even became one of the more popular blogs on Next Avenue for several weeks.… Continue reading “R” Words Are Important – Here’s Five That We Need For Our “Second-half”
Post COVID, Can We “Be Better Than Before?” Yes! Here’s How.
Last week was an interesting and somewhat grueling week for me, attending back-to-back, multi-day virtual conferences for two separate organizations I’m affiliated with. These were high-level conferences that one would normally fly to and pay dearly for hotel, meals, et. al. Both were amazingly effective – the technology, with a few minor hiccups, worked amazingly… Continue reading Post COVID, Can We “Be Better Than Before?” Yes! Here’s How.
How Would You Answer the Question: “What Does It Feel Like To Get Old?”
Someone asked me online recently how I felt about getting old. While I was tempted to launch into another of my characteristic snarky-style responses, I exercised uncharacteristic self-control and provided the following: At 78, I guess I qualify for the “old” category. Occasionally, there are days when I wish it weren’t so but I… Continue reading How Would You Answer the Question: “What Does It Feel Like To Get Old?”
Don’t Be a “Get Off My Lawn” Elder!
If you are at mid-life or beyond and reading this, do yourself (and me) a favor and spend 34 minutes, 23 seconds and watch this video. Marc Middleton (on the left) is CEO of Growing Bolder which is described as ” – a team of award-winning journalists, broadcasters and creatives all focused on sharing the… Continue reading Don’t Be a “Get Off My Lawn” Elder!
Beware the Furniture Disease! I Have It – My Chest Has Fallen Into My Drawers!
I can’t deal with it – having an untucked shirt touch my midsection when I stand up. It’s a condition that has added to my indigenous grumpiness for the last few years. I’m venting because it reached a new peak of seriousness this last week when I decided to order some new T-shirts from “Nordy”… Continue reading Beware the Furniture Disease! I Have It – My Chest Has Fallen Into My Drawers!