The End of Retirement?

A recent article in The Economist states that our traditional concept of state-sponsored retirement is on the way out. This will mean for all of us working longer, which can be a challenge since many employers still harbor prejudices against older employees.

How can we compete? By thinking and acting young ... if we "rest on our laurels" and refuse to learn new things and technologies, we will not be able to compete against the young turks out there who are eager to get in line in front of us. By realizing that we may have to alter our expectations regarding salaries, and accept compensation that may be less than what we received at the top of our careers. By realizing that retirement is a fairly recent concept in the world's history and that remaining productive throughout the last stages of our lives is not necessarily a burden, but can be a source of joy and fulfillment.

Site Restructuring

I've restructured the site menus to (hopefully) make the site a little more usable, and switched to a different look for the site. I hope you like it ... and that your own life journey is going well!

An Update

I haven't done any site maintenance for a while, and was appalled to find that it's been nearly a year since I added to the blog. Nearly a year! And what a year it's been ... I've been doing a lot of consulting and coaching, and am ramping up a new web design business aimed at coaches, counselors, and small businesses. The economy has taken a nasty turn ... who could have guessed it could happen so quickly? I pray that anyone reading this hasn't suffered too badly in these hard times. I've certainly seen the impact on my coaching clients.

I've also been designing a new online product for this site ... I hope to roll it out sometime this year, but I have a lot of work ahead of me! My intent is to post here more regularly ... I confess being embarrassed it's been so long.