How’s your whiplash going? Mine sucks!! I’m coming off a bad week. Actually, two weeks of funk. Last week was the first time in over two years that I missed a Monday 5 p.m. blog post. Couldn’t do it. The draft that I ran by my first-level “copyeditor” (my roommate of 49 1/2… Continue reading Is COVID a Cataclysm? Or a Catalyst? I’m Going With the Latter
Category: Retirement
Your Bucket List Just Got Blown Up – Now What?
2020 COVID-19 bucket-list revision: Daughter’s country club wedding Backyard, limit to 20 guests, buy masks, cancel caterer, saved $45K. Bahama/Mediterranean cruise Vision of floating petri-dish won’t go away – cancel, try to recover deposit. Early retirement Hmmm – maybe these non- or semi-retirement heretics are on to something. Buy some books. Find therapist to… Continue reading Your Bucket List Just Got Blown Up – Now What?
OK, you’re over 60 – what do you know now that you’d like to tell your 40-year-old self?
Recently, a questioner on Quora.com asked me to answer this question: “For people 55 and older, what would you tell your 40-year-old self? What do you wish you knew then that you know now.” I’m deep into the demographic so I took a shot at it. I found it hard to keep it short. So,… Continue reading OK, you’re over 60 – what do you know now that you’d like to tell your 40-year-old self?
Three things a person should avoid once they are past 70 years old. P.S. I’m on the list
I’m being a bit lazy this week. Actually, that’s not true. I just seem to hit a wall on coming up with something that I felt you fine folks would pay even a hint of attention to. So, I’m cheating and republishing a post that I put out on Quora.com a few weeks ago. It… Continue reading Three things a person should avoid once they are past 70 years old. P.S. I’m on the list
Don’t Let Yourself Become a Senior Citizen. There’s a Better Alternative.
There’s been a rush of questions on Quora.com lately about when someone becomes a “senior citizen.” Is it when you are 60? 70? 80? 90? I don’t like the moniker. Or most monikers tagged to those of us beyond mid-life. So I fired off an answer to one of the posted questions and decided I’d… Continue reading Don’t Let Yourself Become a Senior Citizen. There’s a Better Alternative.
85/15, 8 of 10, and 114 Years
What’s in a number? Meet Ron Benfield, Vancouver, WA. Numbers are a big deal for Ron. He has been swimming in them for over four decades as a finance executive with several prestigious hospitals and health systems. I met Ron last fall on the phone while doing business development work with an executive healthcare outplacement… Continue reading 85/15, 8 of 10, and 114 Years
Enough of this “Life Purpose” thing! Can’t We Get Over It?
Do me a favor. Google “life purpose.” Go ahead – I’ll wait. Did you come up with the same number I did: 5,680,000. Is it really THAT important? Some would say it’s in the “woo-woo”, “touchy-feely” category crafted to sell books, workshops, and coaching services. Others would say it’s essential to a life well-lived. I’ll… Continue reading Enough of this “Life Purpose” thing! Can’t We Get Over It?
What Do Retirement and the Internal Combustion Engine Have In Common? Read On!
I’ve read Fortune magazine cover-to-cover for over 30 years. It’s bathroom reading and I usually get through each issue about the time the next one arrives. Sorry – that’s more than you wanted to know. Here’s the point. I appreciate the thoroughness of their reporting and the professional writing style. I need it to have… Continue reading What Do Retirement and the Internal Combustion Engine Have In Common? Read On!
Are You the Author of Your Life? Probably not.
Author: The person who originated or gave existence to anything and whose authorship determines responsibility for what was created. (Wikipedia) Last week, I finished an excellent book by NPR journalist Barbara Bradley Hagerty “Life Reimagined: The Science, Art, and Opportunity of Midlife.” One page received my personal trifecta treatment for importance and follow up… Continue reading Are You the Author of Your Life? Probably not.
WARNING! Retirement May Mess With Your Oligodencrocytes!
Oligo what? Hey, I didn’t know we had them, did you? Yet another something in the “cytes” category roaming around our bodies. I found out I had oligodencrocytes as I was slogging through my second reading of a challenging book entitled “Deep Work; Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World” by Georgetown University computer… Continue reading WARNING! Retirement May Mess With Your Oligodencrocytes!