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America's unheralded work life balance expert. Servant, Husband, Dad, Boomer, speaker, author, runner. Work is only work of you'd rather be doing something else. Allergic to most pollens and mediocrity. Can't wait for the alarm clock to go off every morning.
Monthly Archives: August 2010
56 More Days
Happy Monday everyone. Hope your weekend was good. There is much worry and trouble in the world. Let us do today what we can to make ourselves and those around us happy. In 56 days, on October 17, these five … Continue reading
Reserved Parking
Our Sunday regular Guest Blogger, Lorie Sheffer, returns to entertain and enlighten us: I thought that after some time had passed I would learn to ignore it, but it’s been several years now and it still irks me whenever I … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Bloggers
Tagged Food Lion, Guest Bloggers, Lorie Sheffer, Menopause, Mid Life Celebration, Reserved Parking
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The Truth Will Literally
The truth hurts. The truth will set you free. At midlife, we have an opportunity to: Rethink, Reprioritize, and Recommit. Our challenge? We’ve ingrained our poor habits so deeply that it’s impossible to change. Yet. Yet there is an opportunity … Continue reading
Posted in Goodness, It's All We Have
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1 MidLife Changing Secret
We see it everyday. Despair. Gloom. Frustration. Midlife should be the time of our life, but it’s not. The 1 midlife changing secret? Give yourself a deadline. Literally. This is probably going right over your head. Being a very busy … Continue reading
Posted in Five Daily Blogs, Seriously?
Tagged Mid Life Celebration, The Blog Whisperer
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What If You Only Had 10 Years
What if you had only 10 years left to live? Would you change anything? What would you change? Why would you change it? What would you hope to accomplish? None of us has tomorrow as a guarantee. But just for … Continue reading
Posted in Would Your Life Change?
Tagged Bucket list, Live Like You Were Dying, Midlife Celebration
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Wednesdays During Midlife
Wednesdays, during midlife give us the proverbial midweek check and balance. Am I loving my job and excited to still have a few work days remaining, or is the week dragging and Friday feels like it will never get here? … Continue reading
Posted in Sort of Not
Tagged Burden, Midlife Celebration, Opportunity, Responsibility, Wednesday
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You’re Lucky To Have A Job
The other day I overheard a lunch conversation about how sick people are of hearing from their employers (for the past decade), “You are lucky to have a job!” It’s true. People are sick of it. It’s true. The employers … Continue reading
Posted in Rethink
Tagged contract worker, Entrepreneur, heretic, self employed, unemployment
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9 Tips For A Good Blog
What makes a good blog? Many things. Here are 9 blogging tips from Mid Life Celebration: Safe for children to read Predictable schedule Short Easy to read Thought-provoking Every photo by the author Every comment replied to Every email answered … Continue reading
