Posts Tagged ‘baby boomers’

  “Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.” -Stephen R. Covey   Stephen Covey’s seminal work on how to create a better human species titled “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” was first published in 1989 and has sold over 15 million copies in 38 languages since first its release. The concepts are timeless and can be broadly applied as I have done here with aging in place. What follows is The

                      For me context is the key; from that comes the understanding of everything. -Kenneth Noland Context Matters: The dictionary defines Context as; the set of circumstances or facts that surround a particular event or situation. A man was driving up a steep and narrow mountain road. A woman was driving down the same road. As they passed each other, the woman leaned out the window and yelled, "PIG!" The man immediately leaned out his window and replied, "BITCH!" They continue on their way and as the man rounded the next corner, he crashes into a

   Many people look forward to the New Year for a new start on old habits. ~Author Unknown (eds note:  This article is NOT intended for the highly motivated population of people who find exercise, “doing health”……….enjoyable.   You all just go about your day doing the things that give some happiness, and life satisfaction.  I need to talk to your friends, family, coworkers, who haven’t found the secrets to a healthy lifestyle like you have.)   Okay. Now we can start.   It’s that time of year again.  In a few weeks, maybe a month we’ll be thinking

     As we grow old, the beauty steals inward. – Ralph Waldo Emerson I recently had the pleasure of experiencing a Historical and Architectural cruise of Chicago with my wife and in-laws. The promotional quote notes: “If you have only two hours in Chicago this is how to spend it.” After the tour I can’t disagree; from start to finish it was a delight.   Adaptive ReUse Pushing off from the North Pier Docks at River East Art Center, our enchanting tour guide (part professor/part stand up comedian) began with a discourse on “adaptive reuse” of the

   Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant. -Mitchell Kapor Sitting at a red light the other day I glanced over to admire the reflection of my old rag top jeep in a coffee shop window (I love my jeep). Looking past the image my eyes re-focused on a common site (to the point of cliché) in most urban settings; at the coffee bar were two people perched on tall stools side-by-side, consuming not just coffee—but information. One was a 20-something woman with an ipod, peering intently at her laptop (you know the one, with the bite-out-of-the-fruit