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GET BETTER, GET BITTER, OR . . .?

January 25, 2024 by

Get better. That’s the plan? Yes, that is the plan. Otherwise, what are you going to do? I’m asking, what are the other options because I don’t see them. Do you? Let a blogger explain why if you’re having trouble with it.

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TIME OUT FOR YOU, YOU, AND YOU

February 19, 2023 by

The first ‘time out’ I ever heard came during a grade school basketball game. Coach: Do you know who you’re supposed to be guarding? Me: No. Coach: Guard the other team, not ours. Me: Oh. Okay.

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RED FLAG IN MORNING, BOOMER TAKE WARNING

December 2, 2022 by

Ordinarily a red flag is a warning, a fire warning, a dire warning. See one of those on the news and get your boogie bag packed. That’s a big red flag, not the one for this post. Let’s look at the small ones just for baby boomers who have it all. And, based on current […]

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SELF ACCEPTANCE? HOLD MY BEER

October 11, 2022 by

If self acceptance sounds like another woo woo to you, take another look. You are who you are, now who you were, or who you want to be. It’s that simple, and that hard. If self acceptance is not for you, then you’ve got problems. What kind of problems, you ask?

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RETIREMENT REDUCTION: TO TRASH OR NOT TO TRASH

May 12, 2022 by

Retirement Reduction is the new code for dumping stuff. You’ve heard it, I’ve heard it: “Baby boomers need to downsize and stop hoarding.” Has anyone figured out what to toss and what to keep? Discover is here to help, or try to help. It’s as funny as it is helpful.

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OREGON’S BOOMER BLOGGER

November 9, 2016 by

An interview with BoomerPdx, Oregon’s Boomer Blogger   You are Oregon’s boomer blogger? How did that happen? By default. Baby Boomer bloggers seem obsessed with two things. Dating and retirement dominate that part of the blogosphere. Doesn’t that make sense? As a generation you’re going headlong into the retirement age. As a generation of horn […]

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BABY BOOMER RETIREMENT FEARS

May 5, 2016 by

Big life and big fears? Or the other way around? Baby boomer retirement fears come in all sizes, like our houses, which we fear. A doctor might say fear that won’t go away is a medical condition. You could get a pill for that. Instead, try and choke your fear down and carry on. What’s […]

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BABY BOOMER RETIREMENT?

November 17, 2015 by

Yes, Boomer Retirement is a real thing,  and you’re old enough, like your Grandparents. You probably are a Grandparent. An observant reader and sage of all things good sent BoomerPDX an edited version of how to retire right with added quotes by him. Like a good blogger I give credit and add my own quotes. […]

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BABY BOOMER GOLDEN YEARS

November 2, 2015 by

In spite of laying the best of plans for a comfy retirement, things happen. Things go right, go wrong, and your plans change. Maybe you’ve had someone do your forecast for living a good life and it felt pretty good. Ask them to do a series of forecasts. One for you and your wife. One […]

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