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Living life after 60 involves a little - or a lot - of change. It all depends on your preferences. Taking in account your interests, you can have so much fun. Enjoy this category of articles to learn about technology, hobbies, books, entertainment and more!

1 year ago

Declutter Backwards: The Smartest, Fastest, and Easiest Way to Declutter

You spent an entire weekend decluttering and organizing your garage. But less than a week later – bam! Clutter has already started creeping back in, leaving you frustrated and wondering if all that effort was wasted. Ugh! Is it time to think differently…

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1 year ago

How Do You Know You Have Just Enough? The Secret to Staying Downsized

You’ve gone through the incredibly hard process of downsizing your house to a smaller place – maybe a much smaller place. You’ve moved, organized things, and figured out just where to put everything you took with you…

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1 year ago

Breaking Out of the Age Box: Why It’s Never Too Late to Start Something New

Have you ever heard someone say, “Oh, I’m too old for that”? Maybe you’ve even said it yourself. Society loves to put us in the “Age Box,” a confining space filled with outdated rules about what we can and can’t do after a certain age. But here’s the truth: It’s never too late to start…

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1 year ago

The 30 Best Apps for Women Over 60

As technology keeps getting cheaper and more powerful and more intimately connected to our lives (have you read about “Google Glass?”), there are more ways than ever before for women over 60 to use technology to live…

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1 year ago

5 Home Maintenance Repairs You Can Do Yourself

DIY home maintenance can be intimidating. Especially if you’re like me and don’t consider yourself a particularly “handy” person. But the truth is, some home maintenance tasks are actually pretty simple and with practice you can perform…

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1 year ago

4 Helpful Tips for Sharing a Bed After 60

I am lucky enough to live with a loved one – nothing to be taken for granted as we age. Additionally, we still share a bed. Problem is, as you get older, comfort during your sleep time seems increasingly vital. As a result, sharing a bed can be both a blessing…

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1 year ago

10 Essential Life Hacks for Women Over 60

When was the last time you engaged in a life hack? For me, I didn’t even know what that term meant until a friend asked me about the concept a couple of years ago. The more I read about it the more intrigued I was. Much to my surprise, it turns out…

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1 year ago

The Big 6 Habits Everyone Needs to Develop to Become a Writer

We’ve all been cooped up for what seems like a very long time now, and many of us are starting to think about that long neglected dream we’ve never had the time to pursue…

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1 year ago

I’m Not Cheap, I’m Financially Strategic: 9 Weird (and Not So Weird) Ways to Retire Without Selling a Kidney

Hello readers. Welcome to my third installment investigating my ongoing battle with Valulosis (patent pending), the affliction that makes us cling to things because they might be valuable someday.
First, there was my dad, who refused to part with his…

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1 year ago

I Don’t Like Feeling My Age

I ran on Sunday, strength trained on Monday, and when my alarm went off to wake up for ballet class on Wednesday, my body rebelled.
Age is just a number, or so we are meant to believe. Well, I prefer the number 30. When I was 30, I could walk into a room and remember…

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