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  Who’s on your speed dial? Hundreds, maybe thousands of names. Many are obsolete.   We feel it’s time to dial it down. Yes, it’s hard to do but most of us can take a giant leap toward simplifying our lives by culling many contacts from our speed dials and from our brains. They’re taking up too much real estate.  Speed dial, it isn’t anything that you did. We’ve had some wonderful years together, but enough contacts are enough.  In an age when we’re trying to declutter and tidy up our lives as instructed by Marie Kondo and those who...

  “Respect yourself,” as the song goes by the American R&B/gospel group, The Staple Singers, and protect yourself. We protect ourselves as best as we can as we age because we are determined to stay mentally and physically healthy for as long as possible. And if we’re living alone, there are special precautions that we try to take.   When young, we had a sense of impatience, adventure, excitability and a lack of perspective and often the circumstances that only the young possess—a laissez faire lifestyle. Fast forward to today. Those of us of a certain age have had to...

You buy an expensive piece of jewelry or designer purse, and the expectation is that it’s authentic--whatever the name brand is. No one likes to be ripped off, especially when you pay top dollar. You can check its provenance to make sure it’s the real deal. At least you can research and look it up to be certain your purchase is what the seller says it is. Most who’ve visited New York City have seen the copies sold on the street and buy them knowing they’re fakes. Many collectors and experts have been duped by art forgeries. Some are incredibly...

Most of us are out and about these days, eating more in restaurants, getting on planes and trains and even hugging and kissing friends and family at events. However, after spending too much time in our homes during the pandemic, have our conversation chops become rusty and need a good oiling?  We get together with people we haven’t been around in ages and fumble and fidget about what we should say. We try to remember to ask about the other person and avoid certain hot-button topics. Before Barbara went to a wedding recently, her usually affable beau admitted to her,...

You make a friend. That’s the first step. Pat yourself on the back. Although we’ve written about friendship in past blogs and touted some of the best books on the topic, the focus has been more on how to make new friends, even at an older age.  But how do you cultivate those friendships to keep them healthy and ongoing, sometimes despite hurdles?    We call this endeavor, The Friendship Bond. It’s similar to our Smile Project, which apparently put a smile on the faces of many and generated several comments on the blog. https://lifelessonsat50plus.com/blogs/news/when-you-re-smiling-the-whole-world-smiles-with-you-maybe Since you may be smiling at more people on...