Ready for another Boomer Blog Carnival?

by midlifecrisisqueen on February 9, 2010

Go check out the lovely array of Boomer articles Ann over at Contemporary Retirement has put together for your reading pleasure!

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Do you feel too old to pursue your dreams?

by midlifecrisisqueen on February 7, 2010

Have you ever felt like you’re too old to make a serious change in your life?

Is it too late to finally get out of debt, find the kind of work you were meant to do, start your own business, find the love of your life or live your dream?

Whatever your age, the rest of your life is ahead of you.  You can’t go back and change anything about your past, but you can change your future.  Now is your time to take action!

It’s a very good thing these “elders” didn’t say NO to changing their lives:

  • Henry David Thoreau was twenty-seven when he moved to Walden Pond, built a house, planted a garden, and began a two-year experiment in simplicity and self-reliance.
  • Thomas Jefferson was thirty-three when he wrote the Declaration of Independence.
  • Mother Teresa was forty when she founded the Missionaries of Charity.
  • Henry Ford was fifty when he started his first manufacturing assembly line.
  • Laura Ingalls Wilder never published a book until age 60!
  • Dom Perignon was sixty when he produced his first champagne.
  • Oscar Hammerstein II was sixty-four when he wrote the lyrics for The Sound of Music.
  • Winston Churchill was sixty-five when he became Britain’s prime minister.
  • Nelson Mandela was seventy-one when he was released from a South African prison, and seventy-five when he was elected president.
  • Michelangelo was seventy-two when he designed the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
  • Frank Lloyd Wright was ninety-one when he completed his work at the Guggenheim Museum.
  • Dimitrion Yordanidis was ninety-eight years old when he ran a marathon in seven hours and thirty-three minutes, in Athens, Greece.
  • Ichijirou Araya was one hundred when he climbed Mount Fuji.

Ask yourself:

  • What dreams have I put off forever, that I know I need to pursue?
  • What attitudes are holding me back?
  • What are three small steps I can take today to move towards the achievement of my dreams?
  • Who can help me?  What tools do I need to succeed this time?

When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer… and if you need some great encouragement along the way.  Please give me a call!

To learn more about how my midlife crisis motivated me to change everything in my life and finally succeed in my most important ways, go read my books: Midlife Magic: Becoming the person you are inside! and The Midife Change Workbook.

“Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”   -T.S. Eliot

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Find inspiration everywhere!

February 5, 2010

“I’m out there trying to make the impossible happen.”
This is a quote from a Winter Olympics TV ad, but it’s also a great example of how you can find inspiration everywhere you look.  Yes, that young athlete is talking about getting a gold medal at the Olympics, a great goal for their abilities and stage [...]

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Find your right livelihood AND your passion!

February 3, 2010

I did and I cannot believe how exciting it is!  I’m just starting to blossom in my work as a life change coach and I LOVE THIS WORK!  In fact, I have trouble thinking of it as “work,” because it is so naturally ME!  I have finally found exactly what I’m good at and where [...]

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Time for a brand new boomers’ carnival!

February 1, 2010

Go see what Andrea over at Baby Boomer Entrepreneur has cooked up for your reading pleasure today!

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It’s OK to be pleasingly plump, but don’t over do it!

January 31, 2010

Learn more over at Medical Research on Aging.

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Saying goodbye to our parents

January 30, 2010

Here’s an excellent essay over at the Boomer Cafe, by someone who understands the experience of saying good-bye to her parents…

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Andropause wake up call!

January 29, 2010

Check out this article about a Yale physician who is a specialist in “age management medicine.”  She is “sounding the alarm on a male concern that has fallen through the medical cracks: male menopause, known as andropause.” The problem, she says, is that few doctors are trained in andrology (counterpart of gynecology), which creates [...]

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Departures, a Japanese film about life transitions

January 28, 2010

I admit it, this one snuck up on me.  I am pleasantly surprised by this unusual recent film from Japan, the 2008 Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film.  In it’s own quiet way, the filmmaker  looks with compassion and respect at some of the most  important transitions we each must face, while also [...]

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On settling for less than you deserve…

January 27, 2010

Up until the time of my own midlife crisis, I had no idea how much I had been settling my whole life.  Talk about low expectations!
I found I needed to lose my crappy marriage and my totally uninspiring job, before I could  finally give myself permission to start living the life of my dreams.
At the [...]

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