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Monthly Archives: December 2013
A Five-Sentence Life Story
I wrote recently about the benefits of life review. Since I left full-time work in the summer of 2012, I have been thinking more about my past, that that seems to be leading to a time of life review for me. … Continue reading
Posted in Psyche, Spirit
Tagged aging, elderly, faith, life review, life story, older adults, reminiscence, Richard Morgan
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On Being Old Enough to Have a Stress-Free Christmas
Lynne Hybels, who ministers on behalf of third-world communities and is married to megachurch pastor Bill Hybels, recently wrote an article for the her.meneutics site at Christianity Today describing the progressively more laid-back, less frantic approach she has taken to … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Psyche, Spirit
Tagged aging, Christmas, Christmas lights, faith, Lynne Hybels, maturity, older adults, social comparison, stress
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Hi, I’m Bob and I’m Redeployed
Recently, as part of a series of posts about leisure and retirement, I relayed that today’s older adults are less likely than those in the previous generation or two to quit working entirely, and those who do quit working or switch to … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Psyche
Tagged aging, baby boomers, change, elderly parents, older adults, older workers, retirement, semi-retirement
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Life Review
A while ago, there was an interesting post on the Changing Aging blog on the topic of memoir and life review. The author, Gaea Yudron, the director of Sage’s Play, an organization that promotes successful aging, wrote. “As we grow older, we … Continue reading
Posted in Psyche
Tagged aging, elderly, Gaea Yudron, life story, older adults, reminiscence, self-knowledge
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If We No Longer Retire, What Will We Do When We Get Old?
I’ve been writing about retirement and leisure. First, I considered the fact that the majority of older workers don’t have the money to permit them to totally leave the workforce. I then looked at the history of retirement, discovering that … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Psyche
Tagged aging, baby boomers, elderly, leisure, older adults, older workers, purpose, retirement, seniors
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Beyond Halfway 