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 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 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 Greg on June 26, 2007 - 9:56am.
Aah, summer. Carefree days at the beach and ... what do you mean, not so fast? Just like 50¢ 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»
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 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 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 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 - 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 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 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 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»
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Submitted by Karen on May 14, 2008 - 9:10am.
Dear Oprah
How are you? I am fine. Well, all except for that little mishap at the grocery store yesterday. I suppose I shouldn't have had the second cup of coffee before I left to buy milk but who knew something as innocent as a little sneeze could cause that to happen! You would have known how to handle it - or should I say, hold it - Oprah. »more»
Submitted by Karen on May 13, 2008 - 9:47pm.
I hate the van.
My husband made me buy it. "It's so practical," he enthused. "We can haul the kids, the dog, the groceries. Think how great it will be to have all that space." »more»
Submitted by Greg on April 22, 2008 - 9:31pm.
Jessica Hagy posts ideas on her site ... the kind you conceptual sketches you might put up on a whiteboard or jot on the classic back of the envelope. Her collection "A Career Path in Pictures," available as a free pdf at ChangeThis, has a couple that we wish we had written ... »more»
Submitted by Karen on April 22, 2008 - 8:11pm.
A funny thing happened to me on my way to buy chicken.
As I cut through the mall en route to the grocery store, a zillion things raced through my mind. When could I get the dog to the vet? What should I make for dinner? Who would be the next person kicked off of American Idol? You know, the usual stuff.
Suddenly a handsome middle-aged man stopped me. »more»
Submitted by msmeta on April 22, 2008 - 8:53am.
A confession: When I turned 50, it was as if the warranty on my body expired. Within several months of that landmark birthday, I spent a week in the hospital — and several months thereafter — recovering from the effects of a blood clot. I developed sciatica down my left leg (and overcame my suspicion of chiropractors). »more»
Submitted by Karen on March 6, 2008 - 12:01pm.
Dear Oprah,
How are you? I am fine. Well, actually, I'm not so fine considering I woke up with night sweats four times last night and my middle-aged eyes are so bad I can't read a blessed thing which is why I accidentally took the dog's medication instead of my thyroid pill. »more»
Submitted by Greg on February 27, 2008 - 6:58pm.
"When you don't have any money, the problem is food. When you have money, it's sex. When you have both, it's health. If everything is simply jake, then you're frightened of death." -- attributed to J.P. Donleavy
Midlife may be the time that you have "enough" money, food, sex, and health. And yet it's also the point in life at which, according to popular mythology, people become so concerned with their demise -- decades away though it may be -- that they launch off on dramatic new directions.
But is death really that fearsome? »more»
Submitted by Karen on February 17, 2008 - 11:56pm.
Being a trailing edge Baby Boomer, my memories of the early days of Women's Lib are somewhat sketchy.
On the one hand, I knew it was important, ranking up there with the "big issues" of the day including Viet Nam, hippies and drugs and the suburban moms in my neighbourhood who were trading in their house dresses for polyester pant suits. »more»
Submitted by Wesley on February 16, 2008 - 5:01pm.
It was almost two years ago when we first learned of Sheila Key and Peggy Spencer's writing project about making the most of the second half of your life. Based on what we heard from them we were expecting a great gift book for the 12,500 people who are celebrating (or perhaps dreading) their 50th birthday every day. In fact it is a great gift book, but it is much, much more. »more»
Submitted by Terese on February 14, 2008 - 1:19pm.
I have raised my two sons on my own for over 10 years. They are both now young adults (23 and 19) and still live at home. Both are working and one also attends the local community college. In recent years, friends have commented on the fact that my sons still live with me. I have been feeling "guilty" that perhaps I am not doing enough to get them out and on their own. »more»
Submitted by Greg on February 5, 2008 - 4:34pm.
Heather Havrilesky, reviewing TV shows for Salon.com, posits that we now have existential crisis not at midlife, but every day ... »more»
Submitted by Lisa on January 27, 2008 - 5:24pm.
Going through my midlife crisis, one of the things that's changed for me is music. I had to dump a lot of old things from my Ipod list because they were getting me down. Example: Elton John music. I loved his classic playlist all my life. I loved "Don't let the Sun Go Down On Me" so much, I'd sing it in the grocery store. Now? »more»
Submitted by Karen on January 24, 2008 - 11:34am.
I think I scared them.
No, I take that back - I know I scared them.
And who can blame them really.
When their typically mild-mannered mother who's frequently referred to as a latter day Mary Tyler Moore (pre-surgery, circa Mary Richards) suddenly wings out on them to such an extent that they feel they're staring into the gaping maw of the She-Devil herself, of course they'd be scared. »more»
Submitted by Greg on January 23, 2008 - 1:42pm.
2007 saw a drop in people searching for midlife crisis on Google. And we don't know why! »more»
Submitted by Wesley on January 9, 2008 - 6:49pm.
Next month "We Are the New Radicals" will be published. It's a new book by Julia Moulden that chronicles the trend of baby boomers that reinvent and recommit themselves to improve the world. The book combines stories of people who've done it with "how to" tips for others who want to join in and drive change. »more»
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