James Mazzola: When Times Are Tough, the Tough Sell Hotdogs

BM: You have seen ads that promise big bucks with dubious schemes. The following is about a REAL couple who sell hotdogs. If you are looking for a way to make a living, maybe this will inspire you.

My wife was a stay at home mom for almost 12 years.  She only had a High School education.  She had limited work experience before we met.  She worked in an office as a clerk, she worked in an ice cream shop serving food and owned a very small house cleaning business. 

Though we did not need the money, she decided to go back to work, but her options were very limited.  Office work had changed much in 20 years.  She did not want to clean houses and really, her only options would have been working retail or a cashier. 

We still have two children 10 & 13.  The thought of working evenings and weekends was not an option.  Only making $7.00 to $8.00 dollars an hour made it not worth her time. 

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Mary Lloyd: Forget the New Year’s Resolutions – Set Some Goals Instead

Here we are again, at the beginning of another year.  And this year, we have a zero at the end of it, which means it’s a big deal year for many of us--a year to do “great things.” 

“I resolve to be a better person in 2010.”  Yeah.  Yeah.  Yeah.

New Year’s resolutions don’t get us very far. All those newbies at the gym Jan. 2 are usually back on the couch watching TV in a couple of weeks.  Why?  Because those resolutions are typically based on seeing something wrong with ourselves.  It’s no fun to be flawed.  Much as we’d like to do better in certain ways, when the motivation to do so is mired in negativity, it’s hard to stay at it. 

Plus we tend to be rather global in how we phrase them.  “I’m going to find my dream job.”  Or “Be a better parent.”  That’s a lot to do with very little specific direction for doing it. 

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Joyce Shafer: Fine Tune Your Life for the New Year or Any Time of Year

There’s a simple way to re-focus your time and energy to get a better start and results in a new year—or any time of year—in any area of your life. Just ask yourself the two questions offered here.

Two emails I received reminded me about the principle described below. I’d already had in mind to do a similar process, but felt nudged to really “go there” using this formula.

Maybe you’ve heard of the Pareto Principle or the 80/20 Rule. It maintains that around 20 percent of what you do each day creates 80 percent of your desired results . . . including fulfillment. So it follows that 80 percent of your time should focus on the 20 percent that creates desired results. Stated simply: Review what “grows corn” for you and what doesn’t. This applies to both business and life.

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Links: For January

As always, there are some really helpful links you won't want to miss. There is something for everyone. Here are some highlights:

Antidepressant May Change Personality While Relieving Symptoms;
MRI Detects Breast Cancer at Earlier Stage, Study Shows;
Real Human Bone Grown in Tissue Culture;
Personalities Accurately Judged by Physical Appearance Alone;
Baking Soda for Flu;
Couples Who Do the Dishes Together Stay Happier;
More Than 90 Percent of People With Gum Disease Are at Risk for Diabetes, Study Finds;
Most Antidepressants Miss Key Target of Clinical Depression, Study Finds;
Wii Fit May Not Help Families Get Fit;
Women at High Risk of Significant Bone Loss on Injectable Birth Control Identified;

Tap on the Read More link to check them (and more) out!
 

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Barbara Morris: Whatever Happened to "We Will Never Get Old"?

I am seeing more and more reports that boomers are not aging well. (Read “People Entering Their 60s May Have More Disabilities Today Than in Prior Generations”). Stories about obesity, physical and mental decline among those between 60 and 69 are alarming. What happened to the youthful boomer declaration “We will never get old”? 

What has happened is that many boomers have not accepted the reality that you can’t beat up on your body with neglect and abuse on a more or less continuous basis since youth and expect youthful qualities to hang around forever. Not that anyone can stay young forever, chronologically speaking.  But it is possible to maintain youthful characteristics and abilities for a very long time – if you work at it. I know the phrase “work at it” is a turn off, but you don’t have a choice if you want to “stay young forever.”  

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Donna Marie Thompson:  Setbacks and Losses?  You Can Bounce Back in Style

As I was approaching my planned early retirement date, treatment of my mother's Alzheimer's disease compounded by a debilitating medical error was my sole focus.  Arranging the best care for her made it a very trying and emotional time.  There were no right answers. 

As my retirement date approached, I was very excited.  My fiancé was renting a house that I purchased in a retirement community as a placeholder.  The house had appreciated quite nicely and it was time to sell it to free up my retirement capital.   But my fiancé had other plans; he vehemently disagreed to the sale.

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Carolyn Hansen: How to Become More Motivated to Exercise

Whether we like it or not, our bodies need regular vigorous exercise, and when we don't get enough of it, it makes us feel less well and less happy. It is our natural state to be active and energetic and we should feel really good. Inactivity or a sedentary lifestyle prevents that along with a flabby, weak, out of shape body. 

The bottom line is that somehow you will have to learn how to love exercise and look forward to it rather than dreading it. If you don't you will always be having a constant battle with yourself and then there is no winner. It takes some people longer than others to get to the point where it is an important part of your life.

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"Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them.
You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have."
~Norman Vincent Peale
1898-1993, Pastor, Speaker and Author

About Your Editor

		Hi, I'm Barbara Morris. My subscribers know who I am but if you just stumbled across the newsletter,
I'm the resident pharmacist, opinionated ageless diva and knower of all things dealing with aging. I'm Putting Old on Hold and if you stick with me, I'll help you do it too!

Why This Newsletter?

This newsletter is intended to help mid-life and younger women understand that they have the power to manage their aging process. Even with unforeseen life events, women can determine 70 percent of the state of their mental and physical condition 25 or more years into the future. It's all about developing a vision, and having the will to plan and prepare. This newsletter is also intended to inspire women of every age, to motivate and provide tools to aid the worthy quest of healthy agelessness.

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No More Little Old Ladies!
by Barbara Morris

Supercharged Retirement: Ditch the Rocking Chair, Trash the Remote, and Do What You Love (New!) by Mary Lloyd

Planning Tools for Bold Retirement Workbook (New!) by Mary Lloyd

Reinvent Yourself New!
by Joyce Shafer

You Are More (New)
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The Miracle of Bio-Identical Hormones
by Michael E. Platt, M.D.

Knockout
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