Tag: boomer
8 CRITICAL SKILLS FOR THE 2ND HALF OF LIFE
Too many people are simply bored with their life. The boredom can create a downward spiral. The spiral can include depression, listlessness, hopelessness and many other negative feelings. Perhaps the biggest issue for a person in this situation is a sense that they don’t know what to do and so they do nothing. I call [...]
Posted: May 26th, 2009 under Personal Change, fear of change.
Tags: boomer
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Midlife Personal Change – coming at you bigger and faster
Yuk! We seem to hate change. We avoid it and at least hope we go through it super fast. I think of this like swallowing cough syrup. If you do it quickly it won’t be as bad. I would hope you could think of it as a fact of life and something to build a [...]
Posted: April 28th, 2009 under Career Change, Personal Change, Retirement.
Tags: boomer, midlife change, Personal Change
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Midlife crisis – Is it real? Am I having one?
Once you hear the term “midlife crisis” it conjures up an image of a pot bellied, middle aged man with a new red sports car and a young blonde babe next to him, with whom he’s having an affair. There are other back stories to that image like the fact that he’s bored with life [...]
Posted: March 23rd, 2009 under Career Change.
Tags: boomer, midlife crisis, Personal Change, transition
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I can’t retire since: I have no friends outside of work. What will I do when I retire?
Working does bring with it a multitude of benefits aside from a paycheck and health insurance. Our work environment brings with it what I call “automatic friends”. These are people that you see almost every day and with whom you have numerous things in common. The biggest is the business you work for. These friends [...]
Posted: February 17th, 2009 under Career Change, Retirement.
Tags: boomer, encore career, Personal Change, Retirement
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Retire? I have to keep working since: I don’t know what to do
Really? If your kids were saying the second half of that sentence you’d give them a bad time about finding something fun to do. You’d send them to their room to find a game or outside to enjoy nature. Its time to do that for yourself. Yet,I totally understand where you’re coming from. I spent [...]
Posted: December 5th, 2008 under Career Change, Personal Change, Retirement.
Tags: boomer, Retirement, retirement alternatives
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