Tips on Mid-Life Dating, and Are Multi-Vitamins Worth It? Find Out More…
Every week we bring you the latest boomer lifestyle tips from our friends at the Blogging Boomer’s Carnival. This week we’re hosting the carnival, and we’d like to give you an up close look at everyone in our talented group!
Topics this week range from midlife dating, to menopause, to finding your life purpose. Please meet:
1. So Baby Boomer:
Actress Suzanne Somers, age 62, sympathizes with women suffering from what she calls “The Seven Dwarfs of Menopause: Itchy, Bitchy, Sleepy, Sweaty, Bloated, Forgetful and All Dried Up.” These women of a certain age have the choice of restoration versus deterioration.
2. Life Two:
Midlife dating is like shopping for a new house, so says Life Two’s Dating Goddess who dated over 91 men in a 3.5 year period as she compiled stories and tips for her new book, “Wait or Date”.
3. Hole In the Donut
Barbara at Hole In The Donut compares her experience as a freelance writer to comments made by Elizabeth Gilbert, author of the best-selling “Eat, Pray, Love.” In the video of her speech, Gilbert proposes that we need to look at genius in a different way.
4.The Midlife Crisis Queen
So many people are losing their jobs lately! What to do? The Midlife Crisis Queen suggests a different way to respond to this crisis in your life.
5. Contemporary Retirement
Ever wondered what your life purpose is? Ann at Contemporary Retirement has a great quote that may help you decide:”Becoming YOU is your purpose.”
6. I Remember JFK
The neighborhood movie theater was a welcome spot for rainy and/or swelteringly hot summer afternoons in the 50’s. The drive-in theater was likewise a fond destination that many of us remember. One of the most amazing innovations that were enjoyed by the older members of the Boomer generation were 3D movies and comic books.
7. This Marriage Thing
Who said older isn’t better? Dina interviews Maggie Scarf, author of September Songs, about the U principle and why the very best in marriage is yet to come.
8. Gen Plus
Janet Wendy at Gen Plus, usually the optimist, looks at the challenging week behind us and hopes for the week ahead.
9. Menopause The Blog
Wendy Lawson at Menopause The Blog writes about a new report showing that multivitamins might be a waste of money for post-menopausal women.
10. The Boomer Chronicles
Getting older means having new and more complicated medical tests.
Enjoy our week!
