Submitted by Greg on January 22, 2007 - 4:40pm.
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Submitted by Wesley on May 21, 2007 - 9:45pm.
Ten interesting things learned about baby boomers from reading Mary Furlong's book Turning Silver Into Gold:
* The average adult American woman is 5 foot 4 inches and wears a size 14 dress. »more»
Submitted by Wesley on July 19, 2006 - 9:07pm.
Not to be morbid ... but you will die one day. We all will. Most LifeTwo readers will make the time to read some significant books before their day comes -- but which ones? »more»
Submitted by Wesley on June 4, 2007 - 5:14pm.
Chuck Nyren is an award-winning advertising video producer, creative strategist, consultant, and copywriter focusing on The Baby Boomer Market. He is also the author of "Advertising to Baby Boomers." Unlike most business books about advertising, Nyren's book is written for clients with products or services that they want to market to Baby Boomers. »more»
Submitted by Greg on July 13, 2006 - 3:43pm.
The Arizona Republic says dating much younger partners is no longer the sole province of middle-aged male dentists:
35 percent of women want to date younger men, and 34 percent are. Three percent of women date men 15 or more years younger, 5 percent date men 10 to 14 years younger, and 11 percent date men 5 to 9 years younger.
The article by Barbara Yost and Susan Felt says that part of the reason may be because now they can: »more»
Submitted by Greg on April 19, 2007 - 2:09pm.
Slightly over 4m Americans should turn forty this year. If you're one of them, you're not alone in having to face up to the annoying fact that you're no longer "young." In the U.S., there were 37.5 million women and 36.1m men age 40 - 59 at the 2000 Census.
What do over seventy million middle aged people do? »more»
Submitted by Greg on July 25, 2006 - 10:17pm.
Lost in the media hubbub about the first baby boomers turning 60: the first Gen-Xers turned forty last year and entered midlife. »more»
Submitted by Greg on January 18, 2007 - 6:32pm.
If traditional "middle age" is from 40 to 60, then the first baby boomers are moving on. But a survey of 800 people born in 1946 shows that many aren't ready to be "old." Although generally satisfied with their lives, virtually all plan to continue to improve their lives. »more»
Submitted by Wesley on February 9, 2007 - 10:30am.
"Boomers should act their age ... as they age," says Harry Jackson, Jr. of the St. Louis Dispatch. [Source: BoomerGirl.com]
Media hype aside, most individuals in their fifties will tell you that just getting out of bed is a reminder that they are definitely not thirty.
Even people in top shape need to recognize they're not kids anymore, says Dr. John Morley, chief of geriatrics at St. Louis University School of Medicine. "You cannot be at 50 what you were at 30."
Fortunately, it's not all bad news. »more»
Submitted by Wesley on March 25, 2007 - 10:49pm.
By now most of us are well-versed in the statistical relevance of the baby boomer generation--including its size, wealth, and extraordinary influence on world events. In response, there have been no shortage of books studying every aspect of baby boomers and how to optimally market to them. »more»
Submitted by Greg on January 12, 2007 - 2:10pm.
 Newsweek, March 21, 1966 (link)
The girl in this 1966 Newsweek cover probably spent the next decade of her life decrying the generation gap, experimenting with a cornucopia of mind-bending substances, and participating in the sexual revolution.
Now, according to her children, she's a square.* »more»
Submitted by Wesley on July 19, 2006 - 11:27pm.
Baby boomers in particular might find The Observer's list of the "Top 50 Albums that Changed Music" to be relevant to their lives as well as a possible prodding to add another couple of albums to their collection. »more»
Submitted by Greg on June 26, 2007 - 9:56am.
Aah, summer. Carefree days at the beach and ... what do you mean, not so fast? Just like 50ยข gas and the LP, it looks like those days are gone. Read on and see if you feel like staying inside until, say, October: »more»
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Submitted by hlesbrown on November 17, 2008 - 8:20am.
Have you ever been traveling from one city to another, and you're in the airport at the gate, waiting for your flight to load? »more»
Submitted by hlesbrown on November 16, 2008 - 7:07am.
As the world financial situation continues to unravel before our eyes, the last vestiges of that sense of security that we've all been led to believe in has been exposed as the fairy tale that it's always been. »more»
Submitted by Karen on November 11, 2008 - 10:15pm.
With all due respect to Oprah, the life coach industry, and my overly-enthusiastic friend Y. who keeps insisting I live an "authentic" life, I'm beginning to think this midlife reinvention stuff is strictly for the birds. »more»
Submitted by hlesbrown on November 6, 2008 - 8:32am.
I'm putting out a warning call that the wise (especially wise men) will want to pay attention to: get proactive about midlife or face the consequences. For almost 20 years, author Stephen R. Covey (The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People) has been trying to convince people that taking a proactive stance toward life's problems works, whereas being reactive just doesn't work. »more»
Submitted by Greg on November 4, 2008 - 10:39am.
If you dream in black and white, blame the TV and movies you watched when you were a child. »more»
Submitted by Karen on November 3, 2008 - 9:49pm.
Lately I've taken to saving rubber bands.
I haven't a clue what to do with all of them but I'm trying to be a responsible saver. The dire economic news has gotten me spooked and all I can think of these days is "Save, save, save". »more»
Submitted by hlesbrown on October 24, 2008 - 6:28am.
Emily Dickinson wrote, "Remorse is cureless, the disease not even God can heal." 'Remorse' arises as a sorrow for past decisions that you've made, while 'regret' serves as a broader, more useful term, describing a wish that you'd made other choices in the past: choices either to avoid doing something that you've done or to do something that you avoided. »more»
Submitted by hlesbrown on October 23, 2008 - 8:13am.
I do spend some time with what I call the 'Education Section' of the Washington Post every morning. »more»
Submitted by hlesbrown on October 20, 2008 - 6:57pm.
We know one thing for certain regarding midlife: it's an emotional maelstrom. »more»
Submitted by hlesbrown on October 10, 2008 - 1:10pm.
Did you ever see the movie Defending Your Life with Albert Brooks and Meryl Streep? »more»
Submitted by hlesbrown on October 7, 2008 - 7:41am.
If I didn't know better (but I'm not sure that I do), I'd say the world was having a midlife crisis. Whether it's about half-way through it's life span, I don't know; but I do think that it's behaving just like a middle-aged guy. »more»
Submitted by Karen on September 16, 2008 - 8:28pm.
My university roommate, W., used to tell stories of how her grandparents coped with the "problem" of driving.
Neither of them could see very well, particularly her grandfather, but since he was loath to give up his license, the pair came up with a system of tandem driving. While her grandfather manned the steering wheel, gas pedal and brake, my friend's grandmother served as the eyes. »more»
Submitted by Wesley on August 23, 2008 - 7:10pm.
If you are anything like me you have been besieged by emails purporting to be from CNN with various heading such as "CNN Alert" or "CNN News Alert". These are viruses and you should be aware of the threat they possess. »more»
Submitted by Greg on August 12, 2008 - 2:13pm.
A new Google tool shows that the world's most midlife crisis-ridden cities are in the Netherlands. »more»
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