When I talk to groups of people about being self-employed, it seems the older people in the audience may be a bit more afraid than younger folks about being self-employed. It isn’t just older folks who can’t find jobs but we older ones have had many more years of being in someone else’s employ…
From everything I hear, there might be a small increase in Social Security for 2012 – BUT – any increase is likely to be offset by an increase in the cost of Medicare. So it seems we will be into year 3 of no actual increase in the monthly income. The economy is improving slightly…
When people say, "You don't look your age" – or “I’d never have guessed you were that old,” we are supposed to think of it as a complement. But to me, the developmental psychologist, it means that they have a preconceived idea of what "my age" should look like: a preconceived notion or bias about…