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  • The Economy and Us – No Fear Necessary

    The world economic picture is sort of grim right now.  Job losses are increasing.  Banks are closing.  Retirement accounts are getting slimmer and the Social Security increase is going to be approximately a whopping $46 per month per recipient!

    Although newly elected President Obama wants to work on a new stimulus plan when Congress reconvenes…it’s not a sure thing since this is a lame duck Congress and some politicians are, unfortunately, wedded to an obstructionist philosophy.  But it can a time for great opportunity and not a time to fear.  Many businesses do well in this downturn.

    If I might make a suggestion – if you are interested in increasing your monthly income working from home – please look at network marketing companies. Many are great companies.  You must be careful when selecting the one you want to work with – and you must love the products – but if you do that – network marketing works well in a bad economy.

    For example – my own business is taking off right now.  Why?  A fat loss product that is safe and the ability to make money by letting others know about it.  Most of us know people who want to lose weight and so friends and friends of friends are now part of my business.  To be honest I never really tried hard to do this as a serious business.  I’ve been with this company for over 10 years as a customer who loves the products and one who would tell others only when they asked.

    That has now changed.  Maybe it’s the economy and maybe it’s my high energy even after the long campaign season – which I attribute to the new fat loss product.  I now feel comfortable telling others to try it – in a much more direct tone of voice 🙂

    And duh! I get new customers and business partners!

    So look into network marketing for a possible way to not be affected by the economic downturn…You might be pleasantly surprised.

    I am working on a website to talk more about the company with which I am associated.  But if you want info more quickly than I get that up and running…I am reachable by clicking on my complete profile and emailing me from that page.

    glyconutrients, healthy aging, growing older, aging, nutrition, exercise, eating properly,

  • Wow

    Last night was an emotional high. I’m active in my local county/state democratic organization and last night thousands of us filled part of the Oregon Convention Center and cried, cheered and hugged each other – friends and strangers alike…it did not matter if it was a person you just met or bumped into 🙂 you just hugged…

    I still have a sore throat – but 3 1/2 hours of happy yelling will do that to you.

    Many of us “older” citizens were there til way too late 🙂 along with month old infants and all ages in between..it was too historic a moment to worry about the lateness of the evening.

    Today, no matter who you voted for here, we are all one world – and we need to get along with each other across countries, ages and political leanings….

    Life is too important for grudges … so let’s all grow older better and be wiser….

    glyconutrients, healthy aging, growing older, aging, nutrition, exercise, eating properly,

  • Vote

    If you live in the USA – Tuesday November 4th is election day.  Unless one has been under the proverbial rock – it’s hard to not know this :-0 – it’s been a long grueling primary and general election season – literally years in the making this time.

    I have been more active this year than in any election [except for when I was in my 20’s.]  The volunteers and staff I meet range from their teens to their 80’s and it’s been marvelous getting to know them.

    We are all planning on being at “the” big party tomorrow night because we want to be among those whom we now call friend…

    Politics IS a great big tent – sometimes a big 3-ring-circus tent…and like the circus – it can be great fun!

    So – wherever you are – if you have not yet voted – GO OUT AND VOTE

    glyconutrients, healthy aging, growing older, aging, nutrition, exercise, eating properly,

  • Halloween and make believe for adults

    Ah – the day you can actually BE something or someone else….

    Did you put on a costume and go to a party this weekend? Or did you do phone banking or canvassing for a candidate?

    Here one could do both – there were groups of adults going around in costumers collecting ballots [we vote by mail in Oregon]

    They then turn the ballots in to an official – and yes that’s all legal here….but just make sure you get a receipt for your ballot

    But back to the costume..I did not see adults in costume last night as I was busy at a campaign office…but I wondered it we post-boomer aged people do some anti-aging with a costume?

    Do we see ourselves on this one day as that younger, more agile person? Next year I’ll go to a few parties and check this out. I do recall from last year’s party that some female friends came as: raggedy Ann, the good witch, the geisha, and the pirate’s lady!
    The guys were pirates [that’s a big theme here all year], raggedy Andy, and sailors [ not much of a costume needed.]

    Kids like to play make believe and they often make believe they are older – so it makes sense that we as adults can make believe too – and make believe we are younger!

    But the day after Halloween – we are all the age we are :-0

    glyconutrients, healthy aging, growing older, aging, nutrition, exercise, eating properly,

  • Is Anti-Aging a Realistic Possibility?

    I’ve been giving a lot of thought to this because every time I turn on my computer or my TV, I see ads for anti-aging x, y, and z products.

    Is anti aging possible? Is it a reality?

    In short – I don’t think so. I’ll post more thoughts about this topic over time but wanted to get my starting thoughts written down here today.

    Aging is a process that starts when we are born – we get older every day! It’s that plain and simple.

    Aging, as a process, has a beginning, a middle and an end. My focus in this blog is that giant middle – the part of life when we start to see and feel some of the inevitable declines that happen with age…but where we can still make choices about how well we will live in our own futures.

    I don’t think we can stop the process – except when we die – nor can we reverse the process and go backwards.

    What we can do is slow down the process by making intelligent decisions. It’s all about the choices we make!

    Intelligent people can choose to be well informed and make choices to compensate for problems with our air and food and take a long hard look at these products being made available to us and then – with facts in hand – we can ask: Is it an intelligent choice for me to take these supplements?

    That’s very different than asking will this reverse or stop my aging process…

    glyconutrients, healthy aging, growing older, aging, nutrition, exercise, eating properly,