Filed by Dotsie Bregel
People do this all the time -- self included. We try to speak for a generation of people that spans 18 years, has approximately 78 million people in the U.S. alone, and is quite a diverse demographic.
Journalists are forever writing about baby boomers, especially with every lifestage we enter. A current hot topic is retirement. One day I read boomers can't retire, won't retire, can't afford to retire, then I talk to a 49 year-old boomer friend who just retired. The next day I read about someone who retired from their corporate job at age 52 and launched a new business. Later that week, I read about a boomer women who retired and is now volunteering for a cause near and dear to her heart. See what I mean?
My head is forever spinning when trying to study this demographic of people who are pioneers in our own right. Just when I think I'm catching on, another study is published with a whole new set of statistics about the generation born post World War II.
I have no intentions of retiring for quite some time. My husband has another good 10 years, and then he will probably simply cut back on his hours. Who knows when we'll retire completely. I can't see that far into the futureĀ
I'd love to hear what you are doing about retirement.
Dotsie Bregel is the founder of the National Association of Baby Boomer Women, www.nabbw.com, and Boomer Women Speak, www.boomerwomenspeak.com, a key site on all search engines for "baby boomer women." She has been mentioned in Time magazine, the Los Angeles Times and AARP Bulletin among dozens of newspapers across the nation. She is on the editorial board of me* magazine and writes book reviews for boomer magazine. She frequently does radio interviews and has appeared on The Early Show (CBS) with Dave Price.
