What Are We Doing Now? Catching Up With the Baby Boomer Generation
I know it can be hard to believe sometimes, but many members of our generation-the Baby Boomer generation-are retiring or getting ready to retire.
Of course, the mainstream media won't let us forget that we're entering this period of our lives! Like everything else we've done, we Boomers are being watched to see just what we do with retirement.
And really, it's no wonder-God knows, our generation has made monumental changes in almost every other area of life in the U.
S.
! Granted, not all Boomers are retiring or getting ready to retire.
I doubt Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is ready for a rocking chair just yet, and I'd be shocked to learn that Sharon Stone has dropped out of the spotlight! In fact, more Boomers are staying more active as we enter these next phases of our lives than probably any generation before us.
It's not just the Hillary Clintons or Sharon Stones, either.
Boomer women are starting businesses, becoming coaches and consultants, and finding their old passions and turning those passions into second or third careers.
We're taking advantage of medical advances, good nutrition, and alternative healthcare to make our later years healthier.
We know we're likely to live a good long time after we hit 65, and we're getting ready to rock those years! Our generation was the first to realize that youth could be powerful.
Now, we're going to bust the stereotypes about aging and show the world that age is powerful, too.
Think about it.
We Boomer women have a comfort in our own skin in our 50s and beyond that few of us were able to enjoy in our 20s.
We have the experience of raising healthy, contributing adults under our belt, we've pursued careers or stuck with jobs to support our families...
...
and, of course, there were those little movements that we helped along in our teens and 20s.
Like the Civil Rights movement and the struggle for women's equality.
We Boomers have done an awful lot of living, and something tells me we're not going to stop now just because of a date and year on a calendar.
So what are you planning on doing differently than our parents' or grandparents' generations did or are doing? Are you going to start another career, take up skydiving, or maybe jog around the world as a Welsh Boomer did a few years ago? Or is it time to write that Great American Novel you've been making notes for all these years? If you're looking for examples, think of Sally Ride-the first woman in space is the founder and president of a company that provides scientific and other materials to schools.
Or pick up any copy of More magazine and be stunned by the beautiful, power women that magazine profiles.
Or just look at your own life to date.
You've done a lot already-how do you want to take your experiences and wisdom and use them to generate the kind of post-retirement life you deserve? The Baby Boomer generation has been making huge changes to our society, literally, since we were born.
We started taking some control over those changes when we hit our teens and 20s.
Now, in our 50s and beyond, we have the chance to make huge, positive changes in the way people think about retirement.
I, for one, am looking forward to seeing what we do!
Of course, the mainstream media won't let us forget that we're entering this period of our lives! Like everything else we've done, we Boomers are being watched to see just what we do with retirement.
And really, it's no wonder-God knows, our generation has made monumental changes in almost every other area of life in the U.
S.
! Granted, not all Boomers are retiring or getting ready to retire.
I doubt Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is ready for a rocking chair just yet, and I'd be shocked to learn that Sharon Stone has dropped out of the spotlight! In fact, more Boomers are staying more active as we enter these next phases of our lives than probably any generation before us.
It's not just the Hillary Clintons or Sharon Stones, either.
Boomer women are starting businesses, becoming coaches and consultants, and finding their old passions and turning those passions into second or third careers.
We're taking advantage of medical advances, good nutrition, and alternative healthcare to make our later years healthier.
We know we're likely to live a good long time after we hit 65, and we're getting ready to rock those years! Our generation was the first to realize that youth could be powerful.
Now, we're going to bust the stereotypes about aging and show the world that age is powerful, too.
Think about it.
We Boomer women have a comfort in our own skin in our 50s and beyond that few of us were able to enjoy in our 20s.
We have the experience of raising healthy, contributing adults under our belt, we've pursued careers or stuck with jobs to support our families...
...
and, of course, there were those little movements that we helped along in our teens and 20s.
Like the Civil Rights movement and the struggle for women's equality.
We Boomers have done an awful lot of living, and something tells me we're not going to stop now just because of a date and year on a calendar.
So what are you planning on doing differently than our parents' or grandparents' generations did or are doing? Are you going to start another career, take up skydiving, or maybe jog around the world as a Welsh Boomer did a few years ago? Or is it time to write that Great American Novel you've been making notes for all these years? If you're looking for examples, think of Sally Ride-the first woman in space is the founder and president of a company that provides scientific and other materials to schools.
Or pick up any copy of More magazine and be stunned by the beautiful, power women that magazine profiles.
Or just look at your own life to date.
You've done a lot already-how do you want to take your experiences and wisdom and use them to generate the kind of post-retirement life you deserve? The Baby Boomer generation has been making huge changes to our society, literally, since we were born.
We started taking some control over those changes when we hit our teens and 20s.
Now, in our 50s and beyond, we have the chance to make huge, positive changes in the way people think about retirement.
I, for one, am looking forward to seeing what we do!
