Baby Boomers are tougher than Millennials. They have more grit. Although this sounds like a rank generalization, there are studies that show it’s true. Given it’s a given, the question is, why? [Read more…]
Another Gift of Older Age: Grit
Changing the Way We Think About Age
Staying Brave as We Age
As I sit writing in the pre-dawn, a blessing arrives: the sound of raindrops on my patio roof. I’m struck by inspiration: how beautiful it would be to feel the drops on my skin. I set my notebook aside and open the front door, but there’s a problem.
11 Audacious Women are Changing What It Means to be Female
Anne Helen Petersen wrote a book about unruly women because she regrets having grown up ruly. She wants to encourage us to be brave, because she was not.
Empowering Thoughts about Aging
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If you’re younger than eighty, you might be in for a pleasant surprise as to what lies ahead. [Read more…]
What Will You Do With Your Journals?
If you’re like me, you keep a journal. Actually if you’re like me, you have over 30 years of journals, stored in boxes in the garage. What do you plan to do with all that material? What if you don’t want people to see them, but you drop over dead and there they are? What if your state secrets get into the wrong hands?
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