Mom was wrong : -)

Did your mother keep telling you to sit up straight? Mine did - every time I slouched while doing homework or on the telephone or just hanging out with friends in the living room....

Well it's one thing she was wrong about...seems it is better to slouch - to a degree - actually to about 135 degrees. Saw that article when slouching at the computer - and I had to laugh...guess it's why my back is fine...

It probably is not a good thing to constantly be slouched - getting up and moving around and varying the degree of "slouchiness" is likely to be better....most movement is....

So sorry mom - you were wrong and I am glad this is not one myth I passed on to my son : - )

Working "later" in life

Earlier this year, Yahoo Inc. conducted a poll which indicated that 2/3 of Americans would like to be in business for themselves and many of those already "older" said that one is never too old to launch a business.

And were these respondents going to do this business this for money? Nope - they said they wanted to do something they loved or to be their own boss.

Interesting. Older Americans are still wanting to work - 2/3 of us is a LOT of older people. And as we are living longer, we old folk are going to be possibly working for a long time - AFTER we retire from our previous careers. Does that mean we did not love our careers or that we are so adaptable and interesting and interested that we can tackle a whole new career in later life and make a go of it?I myself have had many "careers" and now I am into an even newer one [my glyconutrient business] and back into what was once a hobby [photography] and I'm now making money at it....

I love getting older - we can make changes in our lives without all the angst that we might have had in our 20's or 30's.....