Archive for August, 2011
Taking a Mulligan at Life
All of us baby boomers have been around long enough that there probably are a few “do-overs” we’d like to … well, to do over. Writer Perry Block has found a way to think about it that justifies every do-ever you do over. He calls it, Taking a Mulligan at Life.
Finding a New Career: Dog and Pony Show
One thing we love to read here at BoomerCafé is a success story. Maybe it’s financial success, maybe it’s emotional success. Either way, we like this story from boomer Judy Archibald, whose dog-and-pony show literally inspired a new career.
Boomers Spend to Fight Off Aging
Baby boomers heading into what used to be called retirement age are providing a 70 million-member strong market for legions of companies, entrepreneurs and cosmetic surgeons eager to capitalize on their “forever young” mindset.
Finding Role Models for Baby Boomers
We’re all about active lifestyles. And if we don’t know how to go for it, there are role models out there, and BoomerCafé contributor Marcia Barhydt has found a couple of them. Including a guy who was already a full-blown grownup before the rest of us were even born!
Boomer Dilemma: What about those Risky Investments?
The lack of income-generating investments these days may force aging Baby Boomers to either put off retirement or adopt riskier strategies to generate higher yields.
Baby Boomers Always Pursuing Dreams
The whole theme of BoomerCafé is baby boomers with active lifestyles. None more than the couple about whom you’re about to read. Frequent contributor Mike Petrie writes about two adventurers who followed their dreams, and have led other boomers to dream along with them.
The Hidden Legacy of World War II
As you probably know, we are “baby boomers” because when Americans came home from World War II, there was a boom of births. One of them, on the leading edge of our generation, is Carol Schultz Vento. And she feels more of a connection to that war than just the timing of her birth.
With the Stock Market Falling, What’s a Baby Boomer to Do?!
The stock market has been unkind. Ooooohhhhh so unkind, especially to those of us on the leading edge of our generation who were hoping that our recently-rebounded portfolios would ease our retirement. But baby boomer Lily Santana was never fooled and has no unrealistic expectations.
Sometimes Things Aren’t As They Seem
Whether you are a young baby boomer or one of the oldest of our generation, there is something that strikes everyone the same way: our parents are slowly dying off. Wendy Reichental is only 49, but already has gone through it, and still sometimes finds it difficult to cope.
