How to Find Mental Balance in Your Life After 60
I think living a ‘balanced’ lifestyle is an art because, like art, it is a skill. Like art we create our palate. What is considered balance for one is not considered balance for all. But one thing is true, our success as creators of a balanced lifestyle is…
Read MoreStop Beating Yourself Up! Embrace Your Clutter! (Well, Some of It Anyway)
I recently paid a high price to figure out I can’t and won’t get rid of all my clutter. Even my “throw-it-all-out” husband colluded with me in this discovery. I say this after: Putting 30 garbage bags full of my clothes out for a porch pickup from Purple Heart…
Read More5 Best Audiobook Apps
Have you become an audiobook lover? Audiobooks are gaining popularity among people of all ages for various reasons. To enjoy audiobooks on your devices, you’ll need an audiobook app or platform…
Read MoreHow Organizing Your Life Around Your Values Can Bring Joy (and Fun!) to Your Later Years
Dorothy the Organizer is America’s most innovative professional organizer. She’s known to millions as the peerless, yet endearing problem solver on the Emmy-nominated TV show Hoarders. She is also the best-selling author of several books…
Read MoreRetirement Goals Fading Away? Here’s How to Get Back on Track
Do you reach the middle of the year and wonder what happened in the past six months? It can be a shock to discover that your resolutions are lying in shreds or have been forgotten. What about the plans you had to start new creative projects…
Read More6 Novels to Read This Summer
According to research, our brains can’t concentrate on two things at once. When we’re cooking a meal or knitting a blanket or building a birdhouse, we can’t worry at the same time. When we’re immersed in a good book, we can’t also be fretting…
Read MoreWhat Is Decoupage: A Beginner’s Guide
Decoupage is a wonderful way to create unique pieces for your home that perfectly match your décor – and as an art form it’s easy to master. It’s inexpensive, using a few simple and readily available materials and techniques. Interestingly, decoupage has a long history but offers limitless opportunities for modern applications. What Is Decoupage? […]
Read MoreExploring the Great Outdoors: 8 Best Hiking Apps
From winding trails through lush forests to majestic peaks offering breathtaking vistas, the world is a hiker’s playground waiting to be explored. In this age of technological advancement, hiking apps have emerged as indispensable companions…
Read MoreHow Well Do You Maintain Your Body?
My favorite philosopher, Socrates, said, “It’s a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.” The ancient Greek physician Herophilus stated, “When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, strength…
Read MorePositive Affirmations… Useful Or Not?
remember standing backstage when I was quite young, waiting to be called onstage for my first performance in a song festival. I may have been 12 or 13 years old. I was about to sing a song I loved from the musical The King and I, titled, “I Whistle a Happy Tune…
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