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Overcoming Ageism (part 2)
To follow up with my last article on overcoming ageism, here are two additional real-life stories where I had to deal with and overcome ageism.   Ageism can go both ways During the spring of 2017, one of the courses I took in my Gerontology program was Ageism.  It was...
Retirement planning doesn’t happen on its own
Retirement these days is vastly different than when your parents retired. You can’t just work your career and rely on a built-in security blanket of a pension. Retirement planning doesn’t happen on its own; you need to start planning as soon as possible. Even if you are retired now, you...
Blue Zones
Blue Zones is the single most interesting thing I learned about in the Gerontology program I just finished.   Beginning in 2005, Dan Buettner, an author, and explorer among other things, was working on a story for National Geographic on the secrets of a long life around the world. Through...
Contemplating Three Tall Women
Imagine you are 92 years old and are actually able to have a conversation with the energetic, idealistic and naïve person you were at 26. Imagine further that your jaded 52 year-old self joins the conversation. What advice would you give to your younger selves? Would you disclose the heartaches...
Happy Birthday, you are now 65
I thought about discussing things Seniors might do when they reach retirement age.  I Googled just how many citizens fall into that category and was a bit taken aback by the number.   There are, according to Government Records, 1.6 million seniors presently roaming around the Country.  Probably having a...
Mother knows best
If memory serves, I was about 8 or 9 years old.  It was a Sunday in July and Mother was frying chicken and making a large bowl of potato salad.   Later in the afternoon we were expecting to have a picnic in the park with family and friends.  I...