Do you feel like you need to find yourself again? Baby boomers can go through a lot of major life changes that throw off your sense of self. Retirement, caregiving, empty nest syndrome, divorce, or the loss of a loved one can change your life forever. After my mother's death, I got a [...]
As we 73 million Baby Boomers retire in droves, at the rate of 10,000 per day, and totaling more than a quarter million Americans every month until the year 2030, we enter a period of personal disorientation and confusion, if the truth be known. We are a very hard-working generation, and often have [...]
One of the best ways to create awareness for environment restoration is to go for environment volunteering. For someone, the services are aesthetics based while for others it is related to philosophical approaches. Individuals who value nature and environment take help of environment volunteering services. As far as benefits are concerned, a long [...]
It's that exciting time of year. Kids are heading off to school in their new duds with backpacks full of notebooks and lunch pails. But it turns out not only the young will be cracking books. Plenty of baby boomers are going back to school as well. Some are enrolling to college for [...]
Knowledge worker -- an individual that has perceived valued for her/his ability and willingness to process and interpret information in a strategic subject area. They advance the applicability of that subject through focused analysis, design and/or development. They use action-research skills to define problems and to identify and try out alternatives. Inspired by [...]
Studies show that younger baby boomers consistently report the lowest levels of happiness with startlingly high rates of depression. I write a blog based on the premise that these studies describing baby boomers as the generation dwelling in doom and gloom don't have to be self-fulfilling prophecies. Instead of allowing these happiness studies [...]
Until now, you thought panic attacks were reserved for fathers-to-be in the OBGYN room or for prima donnas at their stage debut. Sudden breakouts of sweat were the domain of diving Olympians as they viewed their ominous 1,000-foot cliff drop, or tween boys confronting their first date's dad. Sinking stomach sensations were felt [...]
A study sponsored by The American Association of Retired Persons concluded that of the 1500 workers ages forty-five to seventy-four interviewed, sixty-nine percent of these older workers plan to work during their retirement years. More than eight out or ten said that would work even if they were financially set for life. They [...]
Do You Need To Make A Career Change After Age Fifty? In my opinion, it is a lot easier for younger people to make career changes. Younger adults may be more flexible, have fewer current obligations, and find it easier to get hired. However, there are still some good careers that middle aged [...]
More than half of baby boomers, those born between 1946 and 1964, are retiring early from the workforce despite rocky economic conditions. Source by timothyjreeves
