Baby Boomers: Why Not Spread Joy with Inspirational Messages?
Baby boomers, are you tired of all the bad news lately? Seems like every time I turn on the TV there is another mass shooting. Then there’s the upcoming election news with all the...
Category: Happiness
Five Ways Living Frugally Can Make Baby Boomers Happier
Baby boomers can remember a time when we paid cash for everything. Unfortunately, we’ve become a country of credit card addicts. On average, an American has $4,717 of credit card debt. Only 35% of credit...
Baby Boomers: Five Ways to Keep Positive While You’re Sick
How’s my morning going? I just sneezed out a glob of mucus the size of a ping-pong ball. I’m snot feeling so good. Oh, come on! Don’t look so appalled. Like you baby boomers...
How the Recession Changed Baby Boomers’ Viewpoint of Happiness
During the 2008 Great Recession, our family civil engineering business took a nosedive. We went from 12 employees to two. The two remaining – my husband and my brother – both worked part-time. This...
How Facebook Can Make Baby Boomers Happier
Let’s face it. Baby boomers have become addicted to Facebook. In fact, baby boomers are 19 percent more likely to share content compared to any other generation, reinforcing the notion that Facebook’s demographic is trending slightly...
Baby Boomers: Eat More Fruits and Vegetables to Boost Happiness
As a baby boomer, didn’t your mother always tell you to eat your veggies. As usual, she was right. We all know that eating more fruits and vegetables makes us healthier, but now a...
The Happiest Words in the English Language
“I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine,” Emily Dickinson wrote. As a writer, I...
Five Uplifting Things Baby Boomers Should Tell Themselves Every Day
There is this quote I saw on Pinterest: “What you tell yourself every day will either lift you up or tear you down.” Like that song, “You Had a Bad Day,” Monday was a...
CURRENTLY: How I’m Finding my Bliss the Summer of 2016
One of my fellow bloggers asked me to join a blog hop to share where we are currently in life. Our dreams and what we’re reading, watching, listening to, and loving in the CURRENTLY...
Baby Boomers: Stop Making Happiness the Goal
Studies show that younger baby boomers consistently report the lowest levels of happiness with startlingly high rates of depression. An AARP study confirmed there is a U-shaped happiness curve with the early 50’s as...
