StephenWinbaum
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Nov 4, 2010, 11:37 AM
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November 2010 Newsletter - The Big Generation that Could
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November – What's this I hear now about self-absorbed, self-indulged and self-loathing Baby Boomers? This description was Michael Kinsley's lead-off in The Least We Can Do in Atlantic Magazine's October 2010 issue. There will be monumental social reverberations now that the pig is passing through the python. 79 million American Baby Boomers will begin turning 65 on January 1, 2011, entitled to Social Security. Critics complain that Boomers didn't plan, had no sense of priorities, and are pleasure seeking narcissists. Compared to their parents and grandparents, they were sheltered from two World Wars and a Great Depression and became spoiled in post-war affluence.
Even Kinsley admits that Baby Boomer accomplishments have been minimized:
• Their recognition of pressing environmental issues
• Feminism and the advancement of women in the workplace
• More freedom in lifestyles, expression, and an explosion in the popular arts industry
• Innovations in the great new wave of technology
Baby Boomers do face problems by the very nature of their generation's size. Western society has never dealt with such strength – and weakness – in numbers. Many Boomers intend to work past the age of 65. Some have no choice. Others enjoy work or find the glimpse of the Golden Years unappealing. A second core of work seems in line with their goals and capabilities.
Help is in on the way. Boomer sites have popped up all over the social networking scene – on Facebook, LinkedIn and many others. The post-war generation is sharing a flourishing new marketplace of skills, ideas, opinions and jobs. Social networking is an avenue to new careers. Working past 65 is becoming the new normal. Get with the program.
Stephen Winbaum is the Communications Coordinator of RetirementHomes.com
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