A few questions we can help each other to answer / to contribute to the well-being of other women, by sharing ideas and thoughts re our future fun...............(Not necessarily gender specific, men welcomed - just not particularly targeted.)

"How can I achieve a satisfying sense of purpose as I approach / embrace retirement?"
"How can I still feel important and valuable?"
"Where do I now fit in this society?"
"When will I able to gracefully accept that I am no longer young / gorgeous / virile etc?"
"What strategies will help me to remain positive and "young at heart?"
"How did I get to be a grandparent and what makes a good one?"
"How do I relate to a retired partner?"
What most of us, are striving for, is to give this time of our life a sense of meaning and purpose, whereby the uncharted territory, in a youth-oriented patriarchy, can make us feel and look invisible.
We can sometimes feel at a loss, without the blueprint, as we face new challenges such as accepting the ageing process as positively as possible, adjusting to retirement, or perhaps facing loneliness or isolation.

My hope is that you will:- share your ideas; reflect on the future; review present and past generations; be connected  to positive, useful services; read reviews on anti-ageing ideas / products etc

 

Women, traditionally, have met and communicated, in groups to make a quilt, or meet a community need. 
We "liberated" ourselves but have we really? We still yearn for the old fashioned / meaningful chat especially when we are older, because, being 'herd animals' we need the village spirit. We had a foot in both camps, our mother and father's generation giving us our basic roots with the Women's Movement changing the whole scene.

And then, of course out the same vital question on our lips-                    

How can I     'FIT  IN  MY JEANS' ? We are the Denim Divas.   Could we ever imagine a world without our favourite jeans.  To me, they epitomise our generation, and I will do what it takes mentally and physically  to continue to be able to 'Fit with my Jeans"  involving  Food / fun / fashion / exercise with a purpose is explored in the blog http://fitinyourjeanscuisine.blogspot.com  and archived on the website www.fitinyourjeanscuisine.com

How can I share my ideas?

Just write your ideas in the provided space,  and then press 'publish'.  Some people are more comfortable when they adopt a pen name but that's a personal choice. 

Or simply email your say at clara@babyboomerconnections.com.au. to share our wisdom, experience and strategies for the future.    By the way, have you noticed that even the anti-ageing articles in magazines only take you as far as 50?!!   At their peril!!   In providing a  forum where connections to the past and future can be communicated along with the joys and challenges of everyday life, my hope is that  BabyboomerConnections will help provide stimulus toward successful retirement as well as to share some fun ideas such as what we wore and ate etc then and now........ Clara