It’s so easy to get overwhelmed.
A plan to lose weight, start a fitness program, save money, spend more time volunteering, get out the door faster every morning — or do anything new — can be stymied before you even start… if it seems too difficult to achieve. Like most of us, you’ll be tempted to just give up.
But don’t.
There’s a simple solution to streamlining your goals, plans, even beauty routines, so you actually accomplish what you’ve set out to do… successfully. (more…)
A few weeks ago I bought a copy of How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie for my 17-year old daughter, who will be heading to college–and adulthood–next year.
I remember reading it when I was in my 20s and just starting out in the “real world.” It was recommended to me by a professor who believed that this book should be required reading for every college student. He was right. (more…)
This is a terrific article from the UK-based “Psychologies” magazine . . . where I was interviewed about how to approach aging without fear.
I was never a Wal-Mart shopper anyway. Target is much more to my liking. And now that the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of big business over women . . . it doesn’t much matter.
Or does it? (more…)
I’m not suggesting that you steal from your husband . . . but every once in a while you SHOULD take a look through his closet.
For clothes.
I did that recently (with him) . . . and came up with this: the perfect hat. Howard had gotten this Kangol (Arnold Trilby style) earlier in the summer, thinking he would wear it when he walked the dog.
He doesn’t.
So I popped it on my head . . . and I knew, just knew, I had found MY perfect hat.
Thanks, Howard. You can borrow it . . . sometimes . . . maybe.
Best of Everything,
Barbara
This is a first! Denise is The Best of Everything After 50 “Woman of the Week” for the second week in a row!!
Why? Because she decided only a few weeks ago to enter her first race — a 5K — and this week, she did it!
Denise — as I wrote in last week’s blog about her – suffers from fibromyalgia, which can be very painful at times. Denise had stopped working out, thinking it would be too uncomfortable for her, until she read about the walk/run program in my book, which was created by marathoner, author and Olympian, Jeff Galloway.
After getting a pedometer a few months ago, she decided to give it a try, slowly building up her pace and the number of steps she took each day. Eventually, she got to the recommended 10,000 steps AND incorporated some running into her walking routine. Denise tells me that her “normal” walk/run ratio is 3 – 4 minutes of walking with 1 – 2 minutes of running, and she’s working toward reversing that ratio. BUT, she knows that walk breaks are
forever if she wants to walk/run — injury-free — for the rest of her life.
Result? She’s lost weight, gotten leaner, and the most gratifying of all . . . she finished her first race! Denise used to be annoyed by people who would say “If I can do it, anyone can!” . . . but that has became her own mantra and message to other women over 50.
In the words of Tom Petty (from one of my favorite songs):
I don’t know what I’ve been told,
You never slow down,
You never grow old . . .
Yay, Denise!!!!
Best of Everything,
Barbara