BoomerVille - Catching Up to Ourselves

 Nice try. The Wall Street Journal starts out its article on us Boomers with this:

"The first of the youth-obsessed baby boomers turn 80 this year, including President Trump, and they want to shake up old age."

That all-knowing tone from a respected legacy publication is supposed to trigger readers nodding their heads in agreement: Ah, that's what the Boomers are about.

But, it isn't. Actually our generation is increasingly diverse in what we are about. Given so many changes, ranging from AI to a sustained roller-coaster investment scene, I, for one, am struggling to catch up to who I'm becoming.

Pieces of that don't include, at least not for now, wanting to "shake up old age." 

Primarily I'm focused on balancing not outliving my money with the peril of being too frugal and missing opportunities such as traveling abroad for enjoying life. Several years ago I phased out being an influencer. With the exception of protecting Social Security and Medicare I am no longer politically active. To my surprise I'm no longer co-dependent, that is consumed with what others think of me and trying way too hard to please them. As a result, the quality of my relationships has improved. Currently, people are coming toward me seeking friendships.

But those pieces will, I know from experience, probably reconfigure. The me, now at 80, is unlikely to be that person at 83 or 84. Meanwhile, unlike what The Wall Street Journal indicates, I don't envision being alive at 93. And, although I practice wellness, reaching that age and even beyond is not an objective. I have enough to contend with in the now. 

In coaching and doing tarot-readings I'm finding that other Boomers also are mutating in unique ways. Rapidly, too. A fresh round of inflation will do it. One of the few things they and I have in common is this: We shock ourselves that we're thinking and behaving the way we are. That never seemed in the cards.

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