MORE Magazine

Last week I had the opportunity to hear the editor of MORE magazine speak at a fund raising luncheon.  While her comments were inspirational, what she was describing (without using the word) was a concept called "sage-ing(R)."  Since the audience was dominated by women, her remarks were designed in that way, but she mentioned how these ideas were not necessarily unique to women.  She talked about the issues in mid-life and how this time is unscripted.  For the first time in a long time, we don't have any road maps and we don't have the same kind of responsibilities of previous decades such as raising children and following a career path.  She encouraged us to re-invent ourselves, to become re-energized, to take some risks, to find a support group because we are not in this adventure by ourselves.

The easy path is to keep doing what we have always been doing, but life is too short.  If we want to try something else, we have to start making something happen. Our generation wants a more active "retirement."  In fact, some of us will not want to retire, but to move on to something else.  We want to keep learning and growing and the time to begin this journey is NOW regardless of our age.