Maybe it’s me, but a friend, who is also a pre-boomer, told me he is moving into a retirement facility later this year. I could not determine if he was pleased or simply resigned to it. This man is younger than I am, so it got me to thinking about this as an option down the road. Probably many of us at the farther end of the generation born between 1930 and 1945 have thought about this possibility, so let’s explore it.
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I don’t think our sisters get the kind of credit they deserve. Most of them didn’t march against the establishment, burn their bras or vocalize about not having the equal rights they deserve. Raised to be ladies, they just went about taking care of what was in front of them whether it was raising a family, pursuing a career, or both. The epitomize the attitude of the “Can-do Generation.”
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For the past couple of decades, Americans equated being rich with how much stuff they owned and the size of their financial portfolio. With the economic downturn, many of us had to rethink what was important and place our faith in more than the almighty dollar. Because pre-boomers experienced dire times when we were young, we may be able to use life’s lessons to help others walk through the current crisis.
