When you’re retired, every day is Saturday

Lynda Davis
July 7, 2019
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Type A personality types who must be constantly busy and productive must also be constantly exhausted. Or maybe I just wish that so I don't feel guilty about not being as virtuous as they are. Much as I wish I could be like them, that's not the way I was engineered. My mother had to register me in morning kindergarten so I could nap in the afternoons and unfortunately, the habit stuck. I still love to nap in the afternoons. It was inconvenient when I was working (!!) but now…

10 signs that baby boomers have finally hit that perfect sweet spot

Lynda Davis
March 26, 2019
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Creaky joints, back pain and stiff shoulders are a way of life for many boomers as we now enter the third period of an unpredictable and tough game. Bumps, bruises and the odd metaphorical concussion over the years have taken a toll and we now rely on our innate skills of playing the game like pros to get us through each day. It takes a little more effort to hoist ourselves up from our LaZgirl chair and leaping up stairs two at a time is a distant memory. When we…

10 things I wish I’d known for sure

Lynda Davis
January 25, 2019
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I was going to title this piece Things I wish I'd known when I was 20. Then I realized the same wisdom applies at age 30, 60 or at any point in our lives. Knowledge is knowledge. It's all about whether you absorb it and make it work for you. I wish someone had told me these things (and I'd actually taken it heart) when I was 20. So, Gen Xers, Y's and Millennials, this is for you. Here are some things I've learned for sure along the road of…

Today’s lesson for Boomers. . . 1 + 1 = 1

Lynda Davis
January 17, 2019
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Math has never been my strong suit. I'm a consistent 20% tipper in restaurants because it's easier to calculate 20% than 15% in my head (and because I was a waitress a long time ago, so I appreciate the value of tips to servers). But, as baby boomers age, we realize that it's easier to get through life with two people than it is with one. I was single for ten years before I married for the first time and spent seventeen years between husband number one and number two,…

Is there a future for lifers in business today?

Lynda Davis
October 24, 2018
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Who spends their entire working life with one company any more? Does the end of careers spent with a single employer mean the end of alumni associations and their attendant lunches/get-togethers, long-term service awards and even retirement dinners? Most baby boomers probably had more than one job during the course of our decades-long working lives, although there are some who may have spent the majority of their career at one company. When I started working for Bell Canada (then called The Bell Telephone Company of Canada) in 1965, it was…

Are our senior citizens really OK?

Lynda Davis
September 10, 2018
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The other day I posted a book review that included a condemnation of our tendency to judge people without knowing their background story. In fact, my entire blog is a form of judgement. I did it again this week, at the grocery store. I'll give you the details and let you be the judge. It's harvest season in Ontario, the season for juicy, fresh beefsteak tomatoes, peaches and no end of wonderful local produce. Shoppers are checking out with bushels of Roma tomatoes, cucumbers, beans and fruit for preserving. It…