5 Steps to Building a Tree House – Step 1

5 Steps to Building a Tree House – Step 1

A great activity for vintage Baby Boomers and Boomer Grandpas is to design and build a Tree House with your kids, grand kids and other family members.  It’s a awesome bonding and teaching experience.  I plan on having the little kids do the painting and accessories when it’s time.  That way everyone can be involved.  When it’s finished we’ll have something for the family to use and have fun with for a lifetime.  Here’s my story, sort of a documentation…

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Live Epic with Lisa Nichols

Live Epic with Lisa Nichols

Lisa Nichols is one of the nicest and enthusiastic people I know of.  I always feel hopeful and inspired after watching one of her talks.  Hope you enjoy this one. Here she shows how you can Do Good, Live Epic and really enjoy life without selling your soul to the devil.  She says, “I used to think it was all about making money, but that was because I was broke!” Hope you enjoyed this and feel Inspired to live your…

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6 Stages Of Retirement

6 Stages Of Retirement

  Recently, I retired after several months of medical leave.  It’s the best thing I ever did!  Much more relaxing and less stress then the daily 9-5 and long commuting.  But, I discovered that retiring can throw you for a loop emotionally and psychologically.  You might find yourself questioning your purpose, value and who the heck you are as a person.  That’s a shocker. Below is a great article on the stages of retirement.  There are many different ideas about…

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5 Travel Trends for 2016

5 Travel Trends for 2016

Being a Baby Boomer with more free time now, travel is one of my priorities.  I found these interesting trends for 2016 on Smartertravel.com . My advice is to ask questions and know what you’re buying and paying for. Happy Travels, John 5 Awful Travel Trends That Should Worry You in 2016 by Ed Perkins – December 22, 2015 18 Our prediction: Expect big changes from Southwest Airlines and other major players in the year ahead. The big travel news…

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4 Ways Retired? Out of work? Now’s the time to Reinvent Yourself

4 Ways Retired? Out of work? Now’s the time to Reinvent Yourself

Baby Boomers and others, sometimes find themselves faced with situations that are life changing.  Maybe you got laid off, forced to retire early or you’re just sick of all the hassles, politics, daily commuting and daily grind. What to do?  Now’s the perfect time to Reinvent Yourself!  Do what you’ve always want to do!  Be a teacher, made wooden furniture, teach music, travel guide, become a voice over artist, a researcher, or become and author and speaker.  Do what makes…

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10 Keys To Happiness

10 Keys To Happiness

We all want to be Happy, right?  Sometimes happiness escapes us, including Baby Boomers, and Grandpas, especially when we go through life changing events such as retirement.   An event like that can turn every part of our lives upside down.  Don’t worry there is help and there’s always HOPE.  Learn to Be Your Best. This article from addicted2success.com (move down for article) can help you get back on you’re real path to happiness and the life you’ve always wanted….

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10 Blessings for This Season

10 Blessings for This Season

The Holiday Season, yes Christmas, and other faith based holidays are known to be stressful for lots of people including Baby Boomers and many people around the world. Today, I’d like to give you these 10 Blessings. Keep your dreams alive and set high expectations for your life.  You can keep these words in your heart and mind and make good use of them.  Share them with others who need to know that someone cares for them. May your Holidays…

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5 Wishes When Near Death

5 Wishes When Near Death

Let’s face it Baby Boomers, even though we think we’re invincible, we won’t live forever.  So let’s keep living life to the fullest!   While we do, we probably want to evaluate our life priorities. Here are 5 reasons to live life well now so you don’t have life regrets when your near the end of life.  Now is the time to think about this and make changes before regrets arise. Top five regrets of the dying, There was no mention…

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How to Believe in Yourself

How to Believe in Yourself

  Some people are very confident in themselves right from the start of live.  Others aren’t so much, and many are in between.  Here are some tips on how to turn that around and truly believe in yourself and do the things you love and create your perfect life! Here we go…. How to Believe in Yourself in the Face of Overwhelming Self-Doubt ByMelissa Ng “When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.” ~Honore de Balzac You…

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