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Boomer Boredom

Monday Jul 28 2008

   By Jim Selman | Bio

Of all the complaints and fears we hear that are associated with aging, the number one is boredom. After a lifetime of activity and accomplishment, it is incredible how many of us move into “elderland” only to discover that we’re unsatisfied and bored. How can this be? Granted that we might not be as spry as we once were and some of our libidos are lackluster, but goodness gracious, do we really expect our circumstances to make us happy or enthusiastic or interested in other people and the possibilities of each and every day?

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Written by admin at Retirement

Tagged with: aging boredom circumstances game generation life play

Father in His House of Logs

Monday Jun 16 2008

I can’t remember all the words but I remember hearing a ditty once that began, “My father in his house of logs said the world is going to the dogs”. Today is Father’s Day, and while I am a professional and practical optimist (no point in being a pessimist), I am embarrassed to say that I am starting to think like this jingle. The point to the verse is, of course, that as we get older we can easily become trapped in a kind of  negativity—comparing current events with the ‘good old days’. This in spite of the fact that somehow life always works out and, all in all, it gets better over time. My dad was a child and teenager during the “Great Depression” of the 1930s.[Read More]

Written by admin at Fearless Aging

Tagged with: challenges circumstances generation learning

Futurists

Monday May 19 2008

In the 1970s, I belonged to The World Future Society. I even toyed with the idea of becoming a ‘futurist’. I vaguely recall that there was a magazine on the subject and various intellectuals were trying to get prediction raised to the status of a science. According to Wired magazine, the Society still exists and there are people who call themselves professional futurists, but the numbers are shrinking and their status seems to be less than in the past—primarily because the future is increasingly less predictable (if it ever was). Yet, why do people continue to seek answers to what will the future be?[Read More]

Written by admin at Fearless Aging

Tagged with: certainty choice circumstances control freedom future futurists prediction

The Cost of Comfort

Monday Apr 28 2008

   By Shae Hadden | Bio
It’s so easy to get ‘comfortable’ with the circumstances of our lives—even when they are uncomfortable or when we can see that they may very likely lead to discomfort. It’s almost natural, sometimes even expected, that we complain about what’s ‘not right’ or ‘not perfect’ in our lives. But complaining (to ourselves or others) doesn’t change anything and we’re left ‘adapting’ ourselves to living with whatever is contributing to our discomfort.[Read More]

Written by admin at Leadership

Tagged with: choice circumstances comfort complaining future possibility victim

Patience, Pace and Push

Tuesday Jan 22 2008

By Shae Hadden | Bio
Every day this past week, I’ve been exploring the question of “What can I do?” It’s been an interesting inquiry, with the answers varying each day, sometimes each hour, based on the state of my physical body. I’ve found myself experiencing embarrassment at having to ask for car service at the grocery store, frustration at not being able to multi-task my way through my ‘usual’ amount of work, and vulnerability at having trouble carrying a 10-pound bag from my car to the house. But I’ve also experienced joy at regaining some flexibility, having pain-free moments and walking in silent contemplation around my neighborhood. Best of all, I’m learning other ways of relating to myself, my circumstances and time.[Read More]

Written by admin at Learning
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Tagged with: circumstances pace patience push time

Springtime in Buenos Aires

Monday Oct 22 2007

    I am always a little disoriented between the seasons when I travel to Argentina or Brazil. When it is autumn in Canada, it is spring in Buenos Aires. It is a beautiful and refreshing time of year. I am thinking about the clichéd parallel between the seasons and the phases of our lives—this being the autumn of my life. Yet as I travel, I can see how fluid and changeable the seasons can be depending upon where you are standing. This is an apt metaphor for living every moment creatively—consciously choosing a frame of mind that says each day can be the first day of spring (if we look at that way). I wonder…[Read More]

Written by Jim Selman at Fearless Aging
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Tagged with: circumstances future past possibility seasons vision

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