http://www.savoringyoursixties.com/5-tips-to-make-most-of-sixties/ create a life you love at 60 & beyond Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:12:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.savoringyoursixties.com/5-tips-to-make-most-of-sixties/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Bonnie Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:19:28 +0000 http://www.savoringyoursixties.com/?p=173#comment-34 You sound like a "Savoring Your Sixties" star, Ruth! Doing what you love, learning every day, not letting ideas about age dictate what you should & shouldn't do. These are good tips for making the most of life. You sound like a “Savoring Your Sixties” star, Ruth! Doing what you love, learning every day, not letting ideas about age dictate what you should & shouldn’t do. These are good tips for making the most of life.

]]> http://www.savoringyoursixties.com/5-tips-to-make-most-of-sixties/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Ruth Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:15:19 +0000 http://www.savoringyoursixties.com/?p=173#comment-31 This is not my mother's sixty! My mom started drying up at 40 - and by that I mean she seemed to lose interest in things she had enjoyed because older women 'just didn't do that'. I remember her telling me I should cut my hair (it was shoulder-length at the time) when I turned 40 because I was too old for long hair. If I had listened to my mom, I might be as unhappy as she was instead of enjoying my life. I successfully raised 2 sons who are wonderful fathers and husbands; I have a great job; I got my first college degree at 44; and a master's at 46. My mother couldn't understand why I would want to go to college at all. I love mentoring younger women; researching all sorts of things and learning at least one new thing every day. My mind isn't quite as agile as it used to be, but it still works very well. I intend to keep learning until the day I die. Also, being 60 allows me to be as 'eccentric' as I want to be without feeling foolish. My favorite 'poem' is Warning by Jenny Joseph. I keep a copy over my desk to remind myself to enjoy life. (That's the poem that started the Red Hat Society: When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me...) This is not my mother’s sixty! My mom started drying up at 40 – and by that I mean she seemed to lose interest in things she had enjoyed because older women ‘just didn’t do that’. I remember her telling me I should cut my hair (it was shoulder-length at the time) when I turned 40 because I was too old for long hair. If I had listened to my mom, I might be as unhappy as she was instead of enjoying my life. I successfully raised 2 sons who are wonderful fathers and husbands; I have a great job; I got my first college degree at 44; and a master’s at 46. My mother couldn’t understand why I would want to go to college at all. I love mentoring younger women; researching all sorts of things and learning at least one new thing every day. My mind isn’t quite as agile as it used to be, but it still works very well. I intend to keep learning until the day I die. Also, being 60 allows me to be as ‘eccentric’ as I want to be without feeling foolish. My favorite ‘poem’ is Warning by Jenny Joseph. I keep a copy over my desk to remind myself to enjoy life. (That’s the poem that started the Red Hat Society: When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me…)

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