Are you getting close to 50? Are you already there? Either way, you'll want to read about what to expect as far as the shift in work life priorities.
Here is my column that ran in the Miami Herald:
Maria Palacios, 55, has reached a point in her life when she has just the right balance. Three days a week, she works as a CPA in her own business from her Miami home. The other two, she cares for her grandson Gabriel, who lights up when he sees grandma come through the door with her play calculator.
Getting to this point took endurance. It required going to school, raising two kids and forging a career path, while relying on a patchwork of child care. But now that Palacios sits comfortably in her mid-50s, she's part of a demographic group that has researchers intrigued. Called middle boomers, this group is a whopping 29 million strong and has entered its 50s with a shift in priorities.
Most are married, working, and in their peak earning years. Yet, they are looking at work/life balance from a different perspective: focusing less on career and earning money and more on family and personal well-being, new research from MetLife shows.
``They are trying to find meaning and purpose in their lives,'' said Sandra Timmermann, director of the MetLife Mature Market Institute.
Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/16/1532827/middle-boomers-create-their-own.html#ixzz0iYq9YHPV
Amazing, I thought I was on my own journey only to find, through this article, I am a "middle boomer"!!! Gads!!!
Posted by: Karen George | March 31, 2010 at 07:35 AM