Baby Boomers - The Quest to Reinvent Aging

If you are part of the baby boomer generation you will probably never admit to thinking your parents were ancient when you were young. Especially now that you are probably older than they were when you thought so. At your young age you most likely swore you would never be old and thought your parents were born somewhere around the time dinosaurs roamed the earth. Baby boomers and aging is one of the hottest topics these days as this generation has become famous for doing everything humanly possible to avoid being labeled old.

Exercise is one of the tools used by baby boomers to keep their body more flexible and younger looking. While their parents just accepted aging, baby boomers are determined that they will fight it
every step of the way. From the health foods they eat to the strenuous workouts to keep a younger and more fit look, baby boomers are not going to accept growing old with grace.

Retirement was a gold watch and a nice dinner for your father. However baby boomers do not look at retirement from this perspective. Their idea of retiring is to really begin to live. Traveling to destinations that they have dreamed of for years is one way they plan on spending their 'golden years.' Whereas their parents retired, stayed home more and watched television, went fishing once in awhile, and maybe took up a hobby they had left years ago, this is not the lifestyle baby boomers want for their retirement. Baby boomer retirement is 100% different than that of their parents.

Some members of the baby boom generation may be in a second or even third relationship. Their quest for staying young and not becoming their mother or father is utmost in their minds. They do not want to become comfortable and retire to the rocking chair on the porch. The drive to live a totally different lifestyle than their parents had is cause for a lot of relationships to fail. The comfortable, no surprises, cook Sunday dinner for the kids type of life is not for the baby boomers. They want more. They want youth and are willing to sometimes go to extremes to get it.

Better jobs and investing are some of the ways baby boomers are making sure they have the financial means to live the life they choose to live. Saving money for traveling and doing the things they love to do is easier than it was when their parents were working. They probably had a savings but the thought of just keeping that money in the bank had far more appeal to them than it has to their children. It's as different as night and day but baby boomers are enjoying themselves to the fullest.

About the Author:

Joseph Wilson is a baby boomer and writer. He knows what the lifestyle is all about and is happy to make sure you too can have an understanding of baby boomers and baby boomer retirement as it pertains to this new generation.