January 1 is soon arriving

Well, it IS December, so January is right around the proverbial corner.

Some readers may be interested in changing careers, adding in a new one or just buying "good stuff" without being hyped at....so I've added what are called Orange Ads on the right.

I am part of a group of network marketers who make no hypey claims or push you to join anything or to buy anything. You can click on an ad which will take you to that person's profile at Network Marketing Central and read about them.

Only if you click on contact this rep will your clicking be known...It's a safe way to look around to see if anything grabs your interest. If you click on the Network Marketing Central logo - you go directly to my page...and I won't even know : - )

End of 2006 coming soon

Wow - this year went by at warp speed for me.....and when we turn the new year, it becomes another year I have been in Portland as I moved into my "new" place in early January 2004. These 3 years went as fast as did 2006.... Is it as we age that years seem to go by faster? I don't know - but one thing I do know is that I am going to start doing some serious research on the psychology of aging and finally do the "book" that I have thought about for a long time. At present my thought is to make it a combo of research along with interviews of "real" people .... We are not the same older generation as our parents or the boomers...we are different...

As I've said before, many of us still work because we like what we do. We are not sitting back and waiting for old age to creep up - we are out there "keeping on keeping on." We are growing older better and we are setting an example for those "kids" behind us : o )

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.....

Will you retire?

Our lifespans have increased and our health is better. So do we continue to "retire" at 65? 70?
Or will we take on newer careers at those ages?

The median annual income for older women [ 65 and up] is a few thousand dollars over the definition of poverty level. And although we worked hard at women's equality - we are not equal financially. Our income at over 65 is about half of that of a male.

So it makes economic sense for women to keep working. I'll always work - but it will not ever be 9 to 5. I've tried that a few times and it doesn't fit my psyche :- ). I've changed careers many times...when I was 50 I went to law school and my son, who was then 11, wrote an essay about me that ended with "My mom is 50 and she still doesn't know what she wants to be when she grows up." His mom is almost 67 and still wonders what she'll be when she grows up....I love reading and learning - but
for now I'm content to do it on my own without collecting any more degrees....

I'm more into degree-less work now....It its my growing older better psyche : -)