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10 Tips to Overcoming Loneliness
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Lonely Lady
Have you found yourself sitting at home – alone – and feeling sorry for yourself? Are there weeks when you felt bad, hopeless and anxious? There are many reasons why you may feel lonely but whatever they are you do need to address the problem in order to make changes in your life.
There are times when we don’t have the energy for anything and sometimes staying in bed all day feels like the best thing to do. Oversleeping is the better description for those days. There are also instances when you are not interested in the things you usually enjoy.
Next to love, loneliness is probably the second most common feeling that has inspired a million writers, artists and songwriters. Such emotional disposition may be most complained by those who are over 50, as senior years limit physical activities and gives way to brooding episodes. However, this is not exclusive only for the retirement stage- loneliness happens to everyone.
It can be a seasonal depression, or prolonged melancholy. It can slowly sneak into our being or it can suddenly hit you when you look into a mirror. Some may know the reasons while others don’t. Some may admit to those reasons while others refuse to. Read More→
A New Year – A New You
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Time For A New You
You did it again! You made another set of New Year’s Resolutions. Well, it is not really surprising. A new year seems to compel us to reassess and swear that this year everyone will see the “New You”. The beginning of a new year seems to jump start an passion for change. The holidays are over, spring is just around the corner – making changes seem like a requirement for January.
Love and health are two of the most popularly listed resolutions (probably because they are both free, so anyone can do it). The most typical resolutions are often giving up smoking or starting a new health regimen. We are all prey of resolutions and I can’t count how many I’ve personally broken. We make those awful New Year’s resolutions… which barely last through a month of the New Year!
Also, we often look back not just into the previous year, but the life we lead in general and make these the guidelines for what will change in the new set of 365 days. For those who are over 50 they will already have been subject to much change over the years. With at least 50 years behind you there have to be a bunch of pleasant recollections but undeniably with a spray of “what ifs” and “I wish I had”. Becoming a senior and retirement years does that – it gives us enough time to constantly contemplate and brood. So, will this year add up to be the most fruitful year yet or will it be another disappointment?
If you are of the younger generation, will you allow yourself to have over 50 years of relisted resolutions by the time you hit retirement? Read More→
Top 10 Tips to a Bright New Year
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By Shirley Price
The New Year is about new goals and resolution but if you’re like me I like to ease myself gently into the New Year. Gone are the days when I make a New Year’s resolution and jump into action on New Year’s Day ready to roll and within a couple of days give up! These days I take a bit more time and have more realistic expectations.
A Bright New Year
Every year the top New Year Resolution is to lose weight. There is no doubt we should all be conscious about becoming more healthy and fit. These goals are definitely on top of my list along with improving finances and having more fun. All these are possible but take time and need some planning.
The chances of me getting up January 1st and totally committing to a whole life style change is unlikely so I like to ease into it and know that it’s more likely that I will allow myself to adjust to getting back on track with healthy eating after the holiday celebrations. I like to look back at how my last year unfolded, what I achieved, where I need to make some changes and what is needed for me to do that. Read More→
Keeping Your Eye On Your Goal
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Author Shirley Price
Why is it that no matter how much we want to achieve something it just doesn’t seem to happen? It’s not as if you don’t know what you need to do to get there, you may even have a plan plus the desire and yet you still haven’t got there.
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Are there things in your life that you’ve wanted to change and it seems like it’s been on your list forever, and yet as much as you want it you just can’t seem to make it happen. And on your list of to do’s for another year are the same goals that were there last year and the year before.
It could be that you want to lose weight and get in better shape. Even though you are getting older and things don’t usually get any easier as you age it’s still doable. Perhaps a new career has been in your sites for some time, or there’s something particular that you have wanted to learn to do or experience. Is it going back on your list again because you haven’t achieved it yet? Do you want it to be different this time?
So if you think of a goal as in the sporting sense, in a game of basketball or netball it’s about getting the ball in through the hoop, and soccer or hockey past the goalie and into the goal net. You know there are skills required to play the game but if you get distracted and take your eyes off the ball you are not going to get the goal. If you think about your life goals it’s the same thing. It’s often the distractions that have no bearing on your goal that keeps you away from the success that you want. Let’s be honest life is full of distractions especially the ones that really serve no purpose except to waste your time and energy. Read More→
Over 50 –Keep A Young Mindset
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Author-Shirley Price
Being over 50 doesn’t mean you are old by any means. We all know that knowledge is power and at no other time have we had so much knowledge at hand than now. Things have changed a
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lot regarding the topic of aging especially in more recent years. You don’t have to have that old age mindset, in fact you don’t have to anything…refuse to think and act old.
By the time you reach 50 years of age you have earned the right to be exactly who you want to be. After spending years of trying to fit in and look a certain way it’s time to let it all go and be exactly who you are. This doesn’t mean let yourself go so that you are not taking care of yourself; on the contrary it’s time to really take care of yourself and your needs. It’s time to step up and claim what is rightfully yours-‘Your Life’.
By the time you reach 50 your kids have grown and you may have an empty nest or soon will. You probably also have the knowledge to know how to eat and what to do to be healthy and stay fit. And if you don’t then it’s extremely easy to find out what you do need to know. Keep in mind that there is a big difference between knowing something and actually doing something about it, this is what makes all the difference to getting the results that you want in any area of your life…Action!
You may decide on a makeover, a totally new hairstyle, perhaps a look that you’ve always wanted to try but always thought others would not approve of. After all they are used to the old you, the you that is so familiar and predictable. Read More→
Life in Your 50s – Enjoy It!
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This can be your best time ever.
Your 50s can be a time when you feel more relaxed, self confident as well as have more time for yourself.
By the time you get to this stage of life you will realize that you’ve probably worried way too much about a lot of things that never happened, and you made many decisions based on what you thought others thought about you or wanted you to do. You may have made some mistakes along the way and maybe even did a few things that you regret, but you survived all that. No matter what you did earlier in your life you’ve reached your 50s and it’s a good time to appreciate yourself and all your achievements regardless if they have been big or small.
In your earlier years like most it’s very likely that you strived for a good education, then on to find a good job with decent income to pay all your expenses and give you an opportunity to plan a future. This plan probably included a home, family and all the usual things that most people hope to have in order to reach societies expectations.
The problem is while you are chasing after all the things you think you have to have to be successful it’s easy to lose yourself. Most get caught up with what others think about them which often takes them in a direction that isn’t really right for them. Usually it isn’t until we get older that we reflect on our life and how we’ve lived to that point. At 50 plus it’s time to seriously get back to thinking about what we do want our life to be about while we still have time to enjoy it. It’s a time when can we make some important and often well overdue changes.
Enjoying life over 50.
In your earlier years like most it’s very likely that you strived for a good education, then on to find a good job with decent income to pay all your expenses and give you an opportunity to plan a future. This plan probably included a home, family and all the usual things that most people hope to have in order to reach societies expectations.
The problem is while you are chasing after all the things you think you have to have to be successful it’s easy to lose yourself. Most get caught up with what others think about them which often takes them in a direction that isn’t really right for them. Usually it isn’t until you get older that you reflect on your life and how you’ve lived to that point. At 50 plus it’s time to seriously get back to thinking about what you do want your life to be about while you still have time to enjoy it. It’s a time when can you make some important and often well overdue and deserved changes. Read More→
Work at Home Job Ideas for Senior’s
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Shirley Price Author
If you are thinking about how you will manage financially during your retirement years you are not in alone. For the over 50s age group one of the major questions most people have is
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how they will meet their financial needs and pay their bills when they retire. This is especially relevant in today’s ever changing economic environment. With all of the problems that have arisen over the last years many people are re thinking their financial future.
Working at home has become a popular way to make extra money for numerous individuals. It’s an ideal situation for seniors that want to make some additional income and still have the flexibility they desire.
If working from home is something that you have considered there are a number of options that could be open to you. A lot will depend on your skills and the requirements of employers. You may work for someone else or choose to have a home based business.
Whatever you choose it’s really important that you put adequate time and effort to check things out upfront to be clear of the expectation of both parties and save yourself a headache down the road.
Once you’ve made up your mind what you want you can start your search. You will find a number of sites with work at home opportunities on the internet. A word of warning though…if you decide to follow up with something that you find interesting you have to be careful that they are legitimate opportunities. If they are genuine they should not ask you for money upfront.
A number of companies have work at home employees but it’s not just companies that hire employees to work at home fultime. There are many people that freelance. Read More→
Over 50 and Want to Change Your Life
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Many of us have had times that we would love to have changed our life in one way or another but most of us over 50s got onto life’s roller coaster many years ago and have kept going. That is
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until something happens that we are forced to stop and re-evaluate our life and make a change. Why do we wait until we are often facing a crisis to make change?
Some people set a course and follow their dreams but most of us accept what comes along. Who hasn’t got caught up in the trap of when you get the right job, find the right partner, right house, car…you get the picture, then you’ll be satisfied. The truth is you don’t find satisfaction in possessions. You find satisfaction within. You’ll never find internal happiness from external possessions.
What will bring you that internal happiness? Is there still the desire and time to find and experience the life you want?
Some of us may have already learned that the more possessions we have the more problems we have, the more expenses we have. Therefore the harder we have to work to maintain it all.
If you are fortunate enough to make this realization when you are young as one young man that I just finished reading about, then you are very fortunate. Some don’t find what is really valuable to them until they are much older, sometimes when it’s almost too late and some never find it. Read More→
10 Secrets to Success Over 50.
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No matter how old you are you probably want to be successful, but once you reach 50 it’s often a time for making changes. It’s another phase of life and many people take stock of their life 
and realize there are things that they really want to change or do.
If you want to be successful at something first you need to know what success means to you. How would you know that you are successful? It’s hard chasing something when you don’t know what it is.
Do you want to be a successful at having great health and fitness into old age, to have a successful relationship or be successful at a specific sport? Do you want to be a successful teacher, grandparent, dancer, pianist, guitar player, writer, cook or gardener; the options are endless and also very personal. To be successful at something that has meaning to you is a great feeling and adds to your confidence and self worth.
Whatever success means to you there are certain rules that you do need to follow. Read More→
You Over 50-60-70 and Beyond
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What a difference a decade can make! As we get older we tend to look more at our life in decades, we think about what our 40’s were like then our 50s, 60s and so on. Each decade brings new 
experiences and new challenges. We think of things in more general terms as we age.
Three weeks before my 50th birthday my first granddaughter was born. When I turned 50, there were a lot of things going on in my life. I was newly separated, working on getting my degree and wanting to make a major move. Within a couple of years I had made the move, got my degree and things were looking up once again.
My 50s were good and not so good just like any other decade, but the good over shadowed any bad. It was a decade mostly about me, and what I wanted, whereas my 20s, 30s, and 40s were about my family, my children and career. I feel that my fifties were when I found myself again. I made new friends, had fun, learned not to take things so seriously and learned to dance again. It was my most freeing decade.
The day of my 60th birthday I spent flying to New Orleans with one of my daughters, going to a coaching conference. That was a good part, the very start. But later that same year my grandson passed away very suddenly and everything changed so dramatically. My 60s so far have been more about others, especially my family and their needs. Life got to be much more serious again. My mum is a year away from being 90 years old so that’s a concern too, and one of my best friends of over 40 years passed away very suddenly. Thankfully I had visited with her a couple of months before, and we spent a few really good days together catching up and talking about the old times. So far my 60s have not been fun and freedom like my 50s but I’m hoping for better times to come again soon. It’s not been all bad there have been some good times peppered here and there. Read More→
