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Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five interconnected sites.
Baby Boomers, how much time and from how many angles?
When is the right age?
What are the ramifications?
Pension, healthcare, 401k, social security.
bills • obligations • identity • freedom • loss
We could have the same conversation about…
fear • risks • opportunity • regrets • permission
Most likely though, these things really scare us. And make us uncomfortable in spite of the good bits.
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Thriving in the key of midlife is challenging if not downright difficult.
So much fear of the unknown creeps in.
Playing it safe suffocates our dreams.
Boomers are thinking about retiring at 55, 60, or 65.
In other words, in a few months, or not for another five or ten years.
There’s a big difference in what’s at risk, and what’s to be gained.
Early retirement sacrifices pension potential and increases health care costs.
Later retirement sacrifices healthy and precious ‘now’ time to do things we may not get to do years from now.
The case for doing either one is strong.
This makes it difficult.
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“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven; a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted”. — Ecclesiates 3:1-2
And a time for mid life, which happens in it’s own unique way for virtually everyone. For some, like me, it can easily last a decade. For others, perhaps it comes and goes over a weekend.
The essence of a mid life crisis is that it’s a time for reflection, and asking:
Life is hard. There is no manual telling us exactly what to do. There are so many unpredictable things that change, destroy or inspire our plans. It’s up to each of us to choose wisely.
“Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings”. — Ed Gardner
Workaholics rarely have courage for self-confrontation. We’re too busy trying to control things and control life. If we pause long enough to notice the bleeding, we might have to change who we are.
Panic attack, right? When will we take time to:
Probably never. Am I wrong?
Or maybe when the phone rings, “Honey, it’s for you, it’s your wake up call”.
Not quite yet. But, I’ve been thinking about it for a couple years.
What is retirement anyway?
What do people do for income?
What do they do for self-esteem?
Are we resigned to slowly decay?
Will we finally be able to do all the things we always wanted to do?
Will we be bored stiff or amazingly active?
Will we be an example or a warning, on how to live life?
The good news? I have formulated answers to these and, more importantly, have taken action. Have you?
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