If you don’t think of yourself as a happy person, then why not take this time of midlife to make a change around that?
I saw a brief clip of a television interview with the author who wrote the newest book on happiness. The author, Sonya Lyubomirsky calls her research based book, The How of Happiness. […]
As a whiner and a complainer, I have the intention to no longer be the whiner and the complainer. That means I have to take a long hard look at the things I whine and complain about and determine two things. First I need to be aware of my responsibility around the situation. Second, I […]
When was the last time you made a determined effort to save money?
I have decided that saving for my retirement is now an inevitable high priority. I have always maintained a philosophy to save money, but when I come out of denial and realize that I may be half way through my life, I feel […]
I often think of how different the world is right now, in my midlife, as compared to what it was like in my mother’s midlife. One huge difference between these generations is electricity. At this time in my life and in the history of mankind, we use electricity for many things!
Almost too many things, one […]
With the holidays behind me, I can look back and for the first time in my adult life I can say that I was able to accomplish the tasks I wanted to accomplish during the holidays. What I am noticing is that during this time of midlife I am finding that the day to day, […]
I am around people who inspire me on an ongoing basis. It is my way of coping with the day-to-day challenges and occasional adversities; when I wonder how I am going to handle what is up front in my life; I look to those who can inspire me.
One such person is my father; he is […]
In midlife many of us find ourselves thinking long and hard about our careers. Many people want a change, something totally different and perhaps exciting in comparison to what they have been doing. Others want to follow their dreams; they are ready to shout about it now, while in the past not allowing their dreams […]
You know that you are in or near midlife when the big topic at parties comes around to doctor visits. It doesn’t matter if the group is of men or of women. The conversation can go on and on about ailments and doctor visits. This became distinctly obvious to me in my forties; I was […]
Almost every Sunday I go over to my parents’ house to help out; my most pressing issue is to help my mother get a shower. It is often difficult for several reasons. First of all, she often tells me she just had a shower. (She has Alzheimer’s Disease, and does not remember.) She really thinks […]
I usually have my coffee first thing, after meditating, and before anything else. This morning I knew I had to take my car to have a tire checked, so I jumped out of bed and dressed to go for a walk. I never get out the door until 8:30 at the earliest. The walk was […]
