I have a couple of confessions. First, I’ve fallen into a bad habit of reading the newspaper in the morning over breakfast. For me, it’s the Denver Post, a newspaper that has become a shadow of its former self, considered by some as best used for bird-cage bottoms instead of news. Second, I always come… Continue reading OK, 24-Hour Fitness – Can the News!!
Help Wanted: Revolutionaries
I’m hanging out a “Help Wanted” sign. Position? Revolutionary – or rebel will do. Pay? Don’t inquire – there isn’t any. Benefits? Intangible, personal, internal, mental. Qualifications? Middle age or later; mostly pissed-off at our culture; contrarian-by-nature/nurture; thick-skinned; immune to derision; Master degree or Ph.D. in toe-stubbing; audacious ager. Requirements: Stand in the breach;… Continue reading Help Wanted: Revolutionaries
If You Don’t Take Care of Your Body, Where Will You Live?
I just went through my annual physical check-up with my PCP (If you don’t know what that stands for, we really should talk). He’s been doing the stethoscope, pointy thing up the nose and in the ears, rubber hammer and rubber-gloved, “roll over on your side” exam on me for 20+ years. I’m lucky –… Continue reading If You Don’t Take Care of Your Body, Where Will You Live?
You Are Likely Committing Murder Everyday
I’m going public and confess to murder. Fortunately, I won’t be jailed for this murder, although one could argue that I should be. A physical jail isn’t needed because the penalty I pay for this murder is tougher than an actual jail cell. My jail time is mental. The murder victim in my crime is… Continue reading You Are Likely Committing Murder Everyday
What’s Your Life Tempo – Crescendo or Diminuendo?
I’m a slightly above-average guitar player. One would hope so since I started playing in 1959. We’re talking Bill Haley and the Comets and early Elvis time zone, folks. About a dozen years ago, I discovered a player by the name of Tommy Emmanuel. If you are an acoustic guitar player or aficionado, you know… Continue reading What’s Your Life Tempo – Crescendo or Diminuendo?
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… Continue reading How’s Your Vitality and Happiness? Not sure? Test it!
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… Continue reading Are You Practicing Self-euthanasia?
Do You Have An “Ism” Holding You Back?
Paul Tasner is 72 – and a happy, energized, first-time entrepreneur, a late mid-life escapee from the grasp of corporate life. Well, actually, an “involuntary escapee.” Paul was fired from his position as an industrial engineer at 64. He became an entrepreneur at 66 and is having the time of his life today, at 72,… Continue reading Do You Have An “Ism” Holding You Back?
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… Continue reading Time For a New Cultural Portal
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… Continue reading How To Avoid Becoming a “Bored Boomer” – Part Three
