Story provided by NPR – If you’ve ever been driven to rage and despair trying to pry open one of those plastic blister packs, Paul Tasner says it doesn’t have to be that way. According to the 68-year-old Tasner, all it would take is for more products to use the packaging he’s developed for his … Continue reading
Story provided by AARP – It’s the kind of news story that makes national headlines every year or two: A person of seemingly modest means secretly amasses a small (or not so small) fortune while leading a frugal lifestyle, only to reveal that wealth by giving it all away to charity. The latest jaw-dropper came from 98-year-old … Continue reading
Story provided by Entrepreneur – There is one way to avoid outliving your money: Work longer, on your own terms. You may not want to or be able to retire at 65 or 67, but so what. If you’re doing work you enjoy in your own business, setting your own schedule, fulfilling goals … Continue reading
At age 66, Bill Clinton still travels and works at a pace that completely exhausts staffers who are two or three decades younger. Yet, while coping with heart disease and the usual complaints of aging, he has managed to change his diet drastically, lose more than 30 pounds and keep the weight off. If he can … Continue reading
A survey commissioned by AARP and Microsoft found that more than half of people ages 13 to 25 would like their families to communication even more on social networking sites than they already do. However, one-third of social network restrict or totally block families members from having access to their pages. The image above is … Continue reading
Felice Shapiro, 56, and Ronna Benjamin, 54, know how it feels to go through a midlife career crisis because they’ve been there. They’re the founding partners of Betterafter50.com (sometimes known as BA50.com), a weekly online magazine and community for women over 50. To read their story of career reinvention, click here. Continue reading