This week’s edition of the Blogging Boomers Carnival is hosted by Rhea at The Boomer Chronicles: “A 50-something baby boomer examines midlife crisis, ennui in America and other compelling ideas.” This week’s carnival includes a discussion of adult children returning to the nest, preparing for a personal crisis, some of the pluses of aging, how […]
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I remember when my son was two he became very headstrong and independent. This is normally a good thing; we want our kids to grow up. But it can also be a headache. He went through a stage of not wanting to hold my hand in parking lots. He was a “big boy”. I increasingly
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It’s time again for the Blogging Boomers Carnival and once again I’m impressed at the quality and variety of posts by my fellow blogging Boomers. This week’s host is the Midlife Crisis Queen Laura Lee Carter. I particularly love the tag line of Laura Lee’s blog: It’s never too late to discover who you might
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One of the reasons social media has become so pervasive is that we all prefer to do business with people we know, like and trust. We’ve become suspicious of marketing and advertising; too often people don’t deliver what they promise. We can’t afford to spend our money on the unknown. But if I know you,
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This past weekend the Toronto Blue Jays had a reunion weekend celebrating the two World Series wins in 1992 and 1993. In the weeks leading up to the weekend, Joe Carter gave a ton of interviews promoting the event. Any Blue Jays fan remembers Carter leaping with joy after he caught the final out to
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This is week 126 of the Blogging Boomers Carnival.The “Glam Gals” over at the Fabulous After 40 blog are this week’s hosts. If you haven’t checked out their blog, you really must. They post great advice for dressing stylishly after age 40. I must confess that as a home-based business person I have many days
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We’ve all heard the saying, “Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today.” This saying isn’t always applicable. I’ll never get the Martha Stewart good housekeeping award because I firmly believe vacuuming, dusting and laundry should always be put off as long as possible (unless I’m down to my emergency underwear). But when
Recently my parents decided to move across country to my city. To aid this process my dad’s newest hobby is checking out local real estate listings online then calling the real estate agents involved. Anything that looks promising, he has me go look at, armed with my digital camera. What surprised me was how many
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Today is a holiday Monday for most of Canada. In a country known for it’s long, cold winters, the summer long weekend is an almost sacred event. Whether it involves a trek to the cottage, barbequing in the backyard or mowing the lawn, we Canadians take having fun on a long weekend seriously. This year’s
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Yesterday I wrote about the benefits of being part of a mastermind group. However, any mastermind is only as strong as its members. So if you are creating (or joining an existing group) choose wisely. How many? Unfortunately, there is no hard and fast rule about what’s the optimum number for a successful mastermind group.
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