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LIFE RESET? WHERE TO START

December 17, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Does a life reset sound pretty good right about now? Has your fear of missing out taken over? Before you go all in on a reset, consider this: Are you who you think you are?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, Baby Boomers, blogger, boomers, life reset, mental health, mid-life, mid-life crisis, Oregon, Portland, Portland Oregon, suicide, the edge

UNFINISHED BUSINESS? OK BOOMER

December 5, 2022 by David Gillaspie

What’s the first rule of ‘unfinished business?’ Set a goal. Once you reach the goal, you’re finished. Done. Stand back. Then learn to accept your work, for better or worse, etc.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: alpha males, better life, blogger, boomerpdx, business, everclear, Oregon, Portland, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, Portland Oregon, unfinished business, west hills, woke

FEARLESS LIVING, AND OTHER MYTHS

December 1, 2022 by David Gillaspie

The key to Fearless Living? Don’t live past a certain age. But what’s that age? The most fearless person I know is two years old, but they don’t know how fearless they are. Who among is living fearlessly past two? Who is not?

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ALONE AGAIN, NATURALLY OR UNNATURALLY

November 26, 2022 by David Gillaspie

If you find yourself alone again, don’t despair. The young people will find others and wistfully remember their alone days. The elderly treasure their memories of an active, busy, life. At least that’s how it’s supposed to work. What gets in the way? Social media?

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NIKE MONEY TAKES A STAND IN OREGON

September 30, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Nike money is set to rescue Oregon, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting. The Knight in shining armor supposedly sees Betsy Johnson as the answer. But first the big question: Why, Uncle Phil? Why now?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Beaverton Oregon, Betsy johnson, blogger, boomerpdx, brand, business plan, cancer, cancer survivor, good neighbor, Knight Cancer Institute, Nike, nike vision, Oregon, Oregon republican party, Oregon republicans, Phil Knight, Portland, Steve Prefontaine, sustainability, taxes

HAPPY TIMES FOR HAPPY PEOPLE. ARE YOU HAPPY YET?

September 1, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Happy times don’t always show up in the present. Sometimes you have to get through things first. Then, on looking back, you see it. You were happy and didn’t know it.

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LONELY PEOPLE: WHERE DO THEY ALL COME FROM

August 14, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Lonely people come from the same place you come from. How can that be? They didn’t seem lonely. Why would they be lonely? As if you need to ask.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: America, Eleanor Rigby, history, lonely, lonely people, Oregon, pop music, Portland, sound of silence, the Beatles, writers

MAN LIST THAT DOESN’T TAKE MUCH OF A MAN

June 28, 2022 by David Gillaspie

A good man list leads with one thing: Be attentive. Without paying attention, what’s the point. Wait, where are you going?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: abortion, aging, baby boomer, Baby Boomers, blogger, BOOMER, Boomer Women, boomers, good man, jesus, man, man list, men, prayer, punishing women, real men, roe v wade

CONTAGIOUS FRIENDSHIP LESSONS FROM REAL LIFE

June 11, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Contagious friendship sounds odd in the Covid era, but what else can you call it? People dedicated to spending time with each other make it happen. The best part is how friendship influences another. If this is your experience also, then you need to answer one question:

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: best friend, contagious friendship, covid era, difficult friends, friends, friendship, MARRIAGE, Portland Oregon

TUMOR REPORT: MIKE KELLY GETS THE COOKIE

May 11, 2022 by David Gillaspie

A tumor report is what you get if you find a tumor. Mike Kelly found one the hard way: I was having trouble finding words, getting them out of my mouth and, to top it all off, I had an episode Sunday night — while we were watching “Call the Midwife” — where I could […]

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