RETIREMENT v.s. LIFESTYLE - for BOOMERS ONLY!

It is time to ask ourselves….What is our beloved work? I am talking about beloved work at an enjoyable pace that offers time for some community service, time for family and friends…
An enjoyable pace of new and interesting work, or something we have “always wanted to do” can substitute for the fast - disappearing retirement we were promised so blithely those many years ago.

<> Who knew when we were 20 that in order to retire someday that we should get a “County Job” or a Corporate Job with a safe ( haha) Pension Plan? Now it is clear that the silver threads among the gold are not made of the real stuff. The pending recession is on everyone’s lips, in all media and I for one - a small business owner who is seeing a very real concerning downturn - will seemingly never “retire” to the front porch, or the back garden - unless it is to grow my own “local food”.

How did so many of us screw this up? Was it a screw up? We became entrepreneaurs and uniquely created new visions, jobs and businesses from the changes that the ’70’s and the booming ’80’s wrought on our world. Seems likely that we would have done that - and we did. Now things are changing - fast. I am repositioning my imported costumes with reusable, reclaimed fabric organic bags, and finding some commercial interest in my obsession with replacing personal plastic water bottles, but only time will tell if any of it is a pipedream or a real opportunity…not wanting to make a fortune, just find a right livelihood that gives me pleasure as well as a simple living. What next? I’ll let you know!! I think I’ll go out and plant some peas…

<>Anyway - Happy Earth Day! That is a comforting and stable date we all have each year, now isn’t it? I am still working for the future of our 7th Generation, how about you?

PS - Since I wrote this post - I found a great new site - about recreating yourself in later life…very cool!    http://www.rebootyou.com/index.php