Age is Not a Barrier to Learning a New Skill, by Karen Weeks

The following article is a guest post submitted by Karen Weeks. After retirement, Karen was bored and struggled to find a new sense of purpose. She decided to learn a new skill and took a computer course. She learned how to build her website, ElderWellness.net. Now, she tries learning new things all the time. She believes [...]

By |2023-08-05T16:19:43-04:00January 5th, 2018|

Encore Careers for Seniors: Finding Job Satisfaction…Again

While writing last week’s post on seniors and happiness, I was reminded of a recent conversation I had with a retiree—a 68-year-old “snowbird” who winters at a senior living community in Florida. He retired almost 10 years ago from teaching high school, and since then, he has been working 6 months of the year as a [...]

By |2023-09-19T22:36:29-04:00December 11th, 2017|
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