 By Jim Selman | Bio
I was talking to my neighbor today about
the book that Shae and I are working on. It is about retirement and
we’re engaged in the question of ‘when’ does retirement occur. Is it
merely an ‘event’ that happens at the end of our last job? My thinking
is that it is whatever is left of our lives when our primary concern in
life is no longer about earning a living. In this context, a trust fund
baby could be born retired just as a person who is ‘retired’ could
still have an occupation. Even a homeless person (if homelessness as a
choice) might be seen to be ‘retired’—as Roger Miller’s “King of the
Road” would suggest.[ Read More]
Written by admin at Retirement
Tagged with:
concern
decline
prime
purpose
retirement
time
I don’t know if Don to Earth reads this, but if so I want to send him a belated 93rd happy birthday message. While I have never met Don and know him exclusively through his blog, I appreciate his mind, his wit and the clarity with which he communicates whatever is on his mind. I think he is an example of someone who is conscious and responsible for his age, but not limited by it. His claim to being nearly the world’s oldest blogger has a touch of fun and a grin rather than any sort of self-congratulatory air to it. [ Read More]
Written by Jim Selman at Wisdom in Action
Join discussion COMMENTS [2]
Tagged with:
age
culture
decline
elders
listen
Ronni at TGB recently took a whack at being inundated by wrap-around sexually explicit media
and how it can negatively stereotype older folks whose libidos are in a
state of “natural” decline. I wonder if a declining libido is natural.
If we know of examples of late-life lust, then it can’t be natural. It
is a choice.[ Read More]
Written by Jim Selman at Fearless Aging
Join discussion COMMENTS [0]
Tagged with:
ageism
culture
decline
libido
loss
responsibility
sex
|
RSS Feeds
