Fight Or Flight! As Boomers Approach Retirement
Posted by Jan Barosh, Sue Trumpfheller, Rosemary Hauschild, Stephanie Wood
You married for better or worse . . . but not for lunch?
The sun set on your honeymoon many years ago.
Your kids are approaching or have recently arrived at young
adulthood.
You have been living in different domainsat the officeand now you
are transitioning into sharing the same domainyour homebut who is
in charge?
You are reclaiming your life . . . with no longer matching goals. One
wants adventure (flight) . . . one wants to make it work (fight). If you recognize this scenario, you are not alone. Millions of Baby
Boomers are approaching retirement and asking Who am I? and What
is my life about? And if you are part of a couple, there is more at stake
than just adopting a new lifestyle. So before you buy the red convertible and flee with the blonde 20 years
your junior, or your young and handsome personal trainer, you may
want to stop and take a look at how you can recapture your dreams
through openly communicating your needs to your mate, identifying the
negotiables, and reinventing your marriage. If you want to be me, but youre not sure how to evolve into yourself,
you may find that participating in classes which address this common
need, finding a way to involve your mate in open discussion to identify
each of your needs and wants, and/or working with a relationship coach,
may be less painful for you both. Robert Pirsigs Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
helped transform the Baby Boomers in their earlier years and helped
show them how to live. Perhaps its time to dust off that old volume and
add a chapter of your own. Its not too early and its never too late to
redefine the fundamental ways you choose to lead your life.
Enlightenment and self-discovery are the legacy of this new generation. Permission is granted to publish this article in full and with the following
paragraph included: © BoomerVilleUSA. 2004. All rights reserved.
Co-authors are life and business coaches and co-founders of
BoomerVilleUSA, a virtual community of like-minded Baby Boomers
who are redefining the meaning of retirement. For a free report on
Boomers and the new retirement, contact them at
boomervilleusa@hotmail.com and put free report in the subject
line.
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