"Coulda, woulda, shoulda" is how many people in middle age feel about the lost opportunities of their lives and the things that they would still like to do if only they were younger. Career changes and going back to school top the list of things that seem impossible for those who face mortgages and family commitments. »more»

Current housing woes notwithstanding, economists are looking ahead five years when the 78 million baby boomers enter their twilight years. As this happen they will increasingly become sellers of real estate which is expected to result in significant downward pressure on housing values. »more»

We all regret things in our life to varying degrees so it is not surprising that psychologists have decided to take a deeper look at what we regret and why. Canadian blog BoomerWatch took on the topic of regret in the baby boomer generation citing the work of psychologists Neal Roese and Amy Summerville. »more»

Motorcycles may forever symbolize youthful rebellion but the aging bodies of baby boomers are finding them increasingly difficult to maneuver. »more»

Retired school teacher Kathleen Casey-Kirschling this week became the first retiring baby boomer to apply for pension benefits. She was born one second after midnight on January 1, 1946 and will receive her first Social Security check in February 2008. »more»

The Los Angeles Times writes about baby boomers using the increased equity in their homes to finance a reinvention of their lives. Notwithstanding recent housing woes, most boomers who have lived in their homes for more than a few years have a great deal of equity and are capable of using some of that to pay for a new start somewhere else. »more»

You're a writer in an industry that worships the young and shuns the old. Your calls stop being returned. You feel alone and question what you'll do with the many decades you still have left. Some would call it a crisis of confidence, others a midlife crisis, but you call it the "narrows." »more»

John Sinkevics of the Grand Rapids (MI) Press surveyed local bar bands to find out what requests they hate playing.

They're pretty much a Baby Boomer hit parade. »more»

One of the things I see on many "to do before I die" lists is writing a memoir or a personal history. At least one blogger (Jerry Waxler) believes everyone should write their own memoir. »more»

A recent editorial in the UK's Financial Times was drafted in the form of a mock letter from a Gen-Xer to his baby boomer parents. It read (excerpted):

Dear Mum and Dad, »more»