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!
A Life Lesson Learned from a Thomasville Chair
2019 contained a lost summer for my wife and me. We decided to move from home-ownership to the rental world temporarily, in defiance of all conventional advice regarding balance sheet/net worth/equity/tax benefits, yada, yada, yada. For a couple of months, we battled the remorse of leaving a large comfortable home on the 10th fairway of… Continue reading A Life Lesson Learned from a Thomasville Chair
Best wishes for 2020!
Thanks for being a loyal subscriber and reader in 2019! Wishing you the happiest of holiday seasons. Gary Allen Foster www.makeagingwork.com
Why Your Free Time In Retirement Doesn’t Feel Right.
What are the chances that the following statement would be found in any of a financial planner’s training manuals? “Ironically, jobs are actually easier to enjoy than free time, because like flow activities they have built-in goals, feedback rules, and challenges, all of which encourage one to become involved in one’s work, to concentrate… Continue reading Why Your Free Time In Retirement Doesn’t Feel Right.
Can We Become Age-agnostic? Do Your Part – Be a “Perennial”.
Image by Mabel Amber from Pixabay The deeper I get sucked into this vortex of dialog about aging – older vs elder, saging versus aging, retirement versus rewirement, etc., etc., ad nauseum – the more I sense that we are creeping to the edge of an age-agnostic era. What does that mean? It means that instead of our… Continue reading Can We Become Age-agnostic? Do Your Part – Be a “Perennial”.
Are You On a Two-tank Journey With a One-tank Mindset?
Image by Hebi B. from Pixabay Stan is a C-level executive in his late fifties. He’s done well, thriving and progressing in the volatile, high-pressure world of healthcare. Also, like many at his level in this chaotically-evolving industry, his career was recently disrupted when he was laid off, despite a stellar performance record, following the merger of two… Continue reading Are You On a Two-tank Journey With a One-tank Mindset?
Living a Regret Free Life
This post was originally published on Booming Encore and republished with permission. By Susan Williams Over the last year or so I have talked with many people who shared with me that how they currently were living was not what they really wanted to do. Whether it was pursuing a different profession that would allow them… Continue reading Living a Regret Free Life
On Becoming a “Sage” – A Podcast
I had the good fortune recently to be asked to do a guest interview with Jann Freed, PhD, on her “Becoming a Sage” podcast. Jann is a well-known business consultant specializing in strategic planning, leadership development, and life planning. You can learn about her and her services at www.leadingwithwisdom.net. Jann liked my guest post on… Continue reading On Becoming a “Sage” – A Podcast
Older for Longer? Or Younger for Longer? The Choice is Ours.
Chances are pretty good that you may live 20 or more years longer than your parents. If you hit 65 without major illness, you have a better than even chance you will live to 90 or beyond. So the prospect of 25-30 more years beyond the average retirement age in the U.S. puts us in… Continue reading Older for Longer? Or Younger for Longer? The Choice is Ours.
It’s Time to “Take Back and Own” Your Elderhood
How did you react when you received your AARP card just before your fiftieth birthday? Were you: Surprised and shocked. Flattered Excited Ambivalent Pissed Surprised? We probably don’t want to know how much they know about us. Flattered? Just a thought – you might want to raise the bar. Excited? You love those weekly Bed… Continue reading It’s Time to “Take Back and Own” Your Elderhood
