Dec 04 2007
Turn your Midlife Into your Best Life!
Author: Chuck Yoke
Once upon a time everyone believed that you “peaked” at age 40. After that it was all downhill – in terms of career, finances, health, and activity. Thankfully that has changed!
We mid-lifers are not ready for the rocking chair, we’re ready to ROCK! Our golden years will not be spent remembering the past; they’ll be focused on reaching for the future.
Our “mid-life crisis” is no longer about recapturing our youth and wondering what could have been; rather our “crisis” is deciding what we will do next! We’re not ready to slow down, we’re ready to move on.
We’re reaching for financial independence so we can live the life we want. We see the Internet as a wealth of opportunities that we mid-lifers can take advantage of to increase our income and help achieve financial independence.
As seasoned work force veterans, we aren’t deceived by “get rick quick” schemes. We know that with any potential business opportunity there needs to be research, thought, and careful consideration. And as with everything in life, we realize we get out of these opportunities what we put into them. We know it takes effort, but then we’ve already put forth effort…to make someone else wealthy. Now it’s our turn!
And to insure we enjoy the rewards of our efforts, we keep ourselves healthy. We’re not ready to sit down and let life pass us by. We’re jumping into life fully and living it to the max!
A healthy life is a life lived to the fullest. Whether it is with strength training, Yoga, circuit training, or Tai Chi (we do them all), we strive to keep our bodies and minds healthy and active.
And we don’t stop there. We combine alternative medicine with traditional medical care. We take vitamins and herbal supplements along with any needed medication. And we maintain our spiritual health for we understand that our mental outlook is key to our body’s health.
Recent studies have shown that lifelong learning is a key to keeping the mind healthy and alert. Activities such as learning how to play a musical instrument, learning a new language, or learning how to use a computer have been proven to grow new neurons in the brain and create new pathways that help fight mental decline and keep the brain young.
Many mid-lifers seek to learn something new everyday. We take guitar lessons, learn languages, play logic games, and acquire new skills. Some of us go back to school to take courses in economics, philosophy, science, or math. And some of us even obtain a new college degree – not for a specific career purpose, but as a way to keep the mind active.
But it’s not all work and no play for us mid-lifers. We enjoy our free-time to the fullest and view the world as our playground.
Saint Augustine is quoted as saying “the world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” We mid-lifers want to read the entire book!
Through travel we learn new ideas, experience different cultures, taste new foods and see new vistas. We become familiar with people we once viewed as different and become more aware of the common bonds that bind us all together. By taking advantage of travel discounts, group tour specials, last minute trip deals, and packaged vacations we see the world without emptying our bank account.
We mid-lifers realize that living is life-long! Whether it’s through new business ventures, continued education, exercise, travel or a host of other ways, we’re kicking the rocking chair aside and heading out the door.
So get up and get moving! Your life awaits!
About the Author: Chuck is a mid-lifer who created the Gray Squad to help others turn their mid-life into the best life. You can find out more at The Gray Squad: Turning Mid-Life Into the Best Life
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