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Back in 1930, economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that by the year 2000, technology would advance to the point that we would only have to work 15 hours per week, tops. This would in turn leave us time to pursue creative endeavors, hobbies, and charitable works. That didn’t happen, obviously. Instead, technology eliminated jobs but …

We constantly hear that it’s a crisis that Generation X won’t be able to retire at the “typical” time. That the forgotten generation is getting screwed over once again. Never mind that longer, healthier lives make retirement in your mid 60s a tough assignment. The prospect of running out of funds before you run out …

Recent political events in the U.S. have many distraught. This has led to an outpouring of social media posts expressing a desire to leave the U.S. should Trump be reelected. Now, most people who threaten to leave over politics rarely do. But as we reported early this year, the prospect of a second Trump term …

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Midlife is a period of peak family, in both wonderful and challenging ways. After all, two-thirds of us have dependent children, and about half have a parent over 65. We’re the Sandwich Generation, tasked with supporting our aging folks as well as our growing or young adult kids, all while working full-time. Down below, Trudi …

We’re in the midst of a major restructuring in the workforce. Gen Xers should be ascending to the highest levels of company management, but instead find Baby Boomers who don’t want to retire standing firm. Longer lives and health spans – plus the increasing awareness that retirement is not all that – means that traditional …

I’m not sure I ever tried to imagine what life would like in my mid-50s when I was younger. If I did, it would likely be tied to the cultural narrative that we grew up with. I would be winding up my career and preparing to retire. Once retired, I would be effectively preparing to …

Less than 100 years ago, a revolutionary new social program went in to effect to protect older people. Social Security offered monetary benefits to those who reached the age of 65 so they could stop working. It wasn’t an arbitrary number, given that life expectancy for men was only 58 years, with the average for …

Midlife is having a moment, finally. Other than stereotypes about erratic middle-aged behavior and the myth of the midlife crisis, people over the age of 50 are usually just beginning to be ignored by advertisers and shunned by employers. But that’s changing. With the size and wealth of the Baby Boomer generation combined with longer, …

If you’re going to be addicted to something, you can do much worse than exercise. And while a consistent focus on enhancing your fitness is the key to healthy aging, it can become an obsession if you let it. The last year-and-a-half has been my most consistent period of fitness ever, and I can say …

Plenty of things have changed during our lifetimes. But the most relevant change may be the tremendous redefinition of being “middle-aged” just as we got there. Psychologist Daniel Levinson defines middle age as when “one is no longer young and yet not quite old.” And what used to be a stage of life between the …

When I took my midlife gap year at 51, it made me realize what I wanted to do going forward. Rather than upgrading to another home in Boulder, my wife and I decided we would spend our lives exploring the world outside of the United States. I had the location-independent income down, so we just …