3 Crazy Thoughts on Retirement Planning for Gen X Women
As a Gen X, my thoughts on retirement are pretty typical for my generation. I’ve said things like: "Retirement? I love what I’m doing. Why would I ever retire?" "Social Security and Medicare won’t be there for me." But lately, I’ve started thinking about it on a...
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5 Things To Know About Eating Vegetarian and a Recipe To Prove It
You can’t ignore the buzzwords circling around the food industry right now. Plant-based. Vegetarian. Vegan. Organic. All-natural. Sustainably created. Are you doing it all right? A new study shows that nearly half of all adults in the US have consumed a plant-based...
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How To Be The Perfect Spouse
Remember when love was new? Oh, what a feeling! We couldn’t get enough of each other. We did little things to please each other. Just to put a smile on each others’ faces. Then life happened. We married. There were bills to pay, planes to catch, careers to grow, kids...
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I Don’t Want To Be A Filthy Rich Writer – I Want To Have A Fabulous Midlife and Beyond!
Once upon a time, I set out to conquer the world. I was in my twenties, and I wanted it all! You too? Maybe that’s a product of being young and wanting to set the world on fire. So I worked hard. I got my first job. Moved around. Got another job. Moved up the...
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How To Reconnect With Your Vibrant, Sexy Self
Busyness. It starts in so many ways. And as a society, we glorify it. Busyness. I looked back at a journal entry from years ago recently, and one thing popped off the page: the word tired. I was tired of getting up so early. Tired of going to bed so late. Tired of...
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Funding Your Dreams By Reinventing Your Lifestyle
A few years ago, we sold our “forever” home to help make our dream of slow traveling the world a reality. We moved into a rental. And we’ve never looked back. I have no desire to buy a home again. While I’ll never say never, it will be a long - llooonnnnggggg time in...
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How To Lean Into The Urge To Reinvent Yourself
Are you a Gen Xer who's ready to reinvent herself? Me too. I’ve been going through a lot of change recently, but in my heart I know it’s just the tip of the iceberg. There’s a lot more to come. And the data confirms that the older we get, the more we feel the urge to...
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Just Be Happy Today
Are you tired of the zillions of ads you see on Facebook or Instagram, promising you the keys to success? Or how about those emails that go on and on with the “secret” formula that will make all of your wishes come true? I’ve bought into some of them over the...
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Skip The Midlife Crisis: How To Make Marriage Exciting and Rewarding After The 30 Year Mark
I was at a party, sitting next to several couples I only see a few times a year. They were young - millennials - married just a few years each. Somehow it came out Andrew and I have been married over 30 years. It’s 32 years as of this week. How do you do it? What’s...
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5 Things I Wish I’d Known About a Vegan Lifestyle Years Ago
Back in 1994, when my Dad died of a massive heart attack, I went on a quest for a healthier lifestyle. Two years later, when my Mom suffered a massive stroke, my journey became a little more focused. Two years after that, my daughter declared herself vegetarian at the...
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