Changing Lanes Blog: Never too Old
Sep
01
My achy breaky body
Dem bones, dem bones.
I loved Jane’s blog last week—after all, I’m only three years behind her. And right now I’m particularly feeling the horrible reality that my “body refuses to fall in line.” It’s no secret that I’m on a personal journey, one in which I’m trying to achieve…READ MORE »
Aug
25
Turning 60
How did this happen? I can’t be 60! Sixty is the venerable, senior generation – not the young, hip, break-the-rules crowd I grew up with. We were taught to show respect to Sixty, all the while rolling our eyes whenever one of these well-meaning, hopeless…READ MORE »
Aug
18
Putting it together in retirement
Being a dilettante can be a good thing
“Focus, focus, focus.” This seemed to be the mantra for getting ahead in the decades I was developing my career. As a management consultant, I had to pick an industry (banking) and a functional area (technology) to be credible as an advisor worthy of the…READ MORE »
Jun
23
Our Family Roots Dig
Finding Rivka
When Susan and I are asked what Changing Lanes is about, we often reply that it’s about realigning who you are with what you do. The many change artists we interviewed demonstrated that living a more authentic life allowed them to tap into wellsprings of…READ MORE »
Jun
16
Change, change, and more change
Be the turtle
I’m giving a talk today and have been struggling. How do I make the topic of Changing Lanes an interesting one to an audience of mostly 70 and 80 year old women? It wasn’t until I ran into Christie, an 87 year old friend and neighbor,…READ MORE »
Apr
21
Keeping your mind in shape
Use it or lose it
Rick, my husband, and I met at a bridge tournament in Casper, WY. Two years later we celebrated our marriage by honeymooning where else but….at a bridge tournament, this time in Denver (at its conclusion we also spent time in Yellowstone lest you think we…READ MORE »
Feb
04
Time, Time, Time is on My Side
Time.
Do you take it for granted? I do. I see time as stretching out before me, allowing me to do, see, or otherwise experience just about anything that I could possibly conceive and want to do. And when it comes to thinking about the second…READ MORE »
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