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Category Archives: Culture
No One Writes to the Colonel–And That’s a Bad Thing
I recently wrote some thoughts about a movie on my other blog, Life Assays. The movie is quite pertinent to older adulthood, so I’m re-posting my comments here. When I was in North Carolina recently, I saw a movie sponsored by … Continue reading
If We All Live To 100
The cover story for the October issue of the Atlantic is titled “What Happens When We All Live to 100?” The author, Gregg Easterbrook, notes that the “life expectancy escalator”—the increase in life expectancy among younger cohorts—has gone up about … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Relationships
Tagged aging, consumerism, death, elderly, Gregg Easterbrook, life expectancy, lifespan, older adults, seniors
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The Two Phases of Retirement
Work and leisure patterns late in life are changing. The ideal of taking full retirement in order to live a life of leisure is giving way to phenomena such as partial retirement, active retirement, or, as I labeled what I’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Psyche
Tagged aging, baby boomers, meaning, older adults, retirement, retirement income, seniors, Steve Vernon
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Why Are Boomers Working Longer?
I recently ran across an interesting article about boomer retirement. The author, James J. Green of Summit Business Media, summarizes a report by the Employee Benefit Research Institute. In 1993, 29.4% of adults 55 and older were in the workforce, a … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, baby boomers, elderly, elderly parents, Family, older adults, purpose, work
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News Flash! Old People Are Invisible!
In his excellent article in the New Yorker about the rigors and rewards of growing old, Roger Angell, who at age 93 certainly knows something about the subject, describes what it’s like to be treated as if he is irrelevant: … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Psyche, Relationships
Tagged age discrimination, aging, elderly, older adults, Pope Francis, prejudice, Psalms, Roger Angell
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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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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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The History of Retirement
In an earlier post, I discussed the failure of most workers in the US to save for retirement, with the result that many will continue working longer than the previous generation of older adults. To put this change regarding the timing of … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, elderly, leisure, older adults, retirement, retirement age, Social Security
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Retirement Is Changing: Is That Good Or Bad?
Most of us who have reached midlife but have not yet retired can’t count on an employer-provided pension plan to provide for us in retirement. Social Security benefits by themselves provide only a bare-bones financial skeleton to support us, so … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, baby boomers, elderly, leisure, older adults, retirement, savings, the good life
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Beyond Halfway 