Rethinking Boomers and the Dangerous Myth of Reinvention

Are you a baby boomer? Have you decided what to do with yourself after your retirement? Are you rethinking boomers?

Before you answer those questions, I’d like to refer you to a fascinating article by Marc Freemen: The Dangerous Myth of Reinvention. A man is never too old … until his regrets take the place of his dreams.

John Barrymore Marc Freedman is the founder and CEO of Encore.org, which annually gives out The Purpose Prize for social innovators in the second half of life. He is the author of The Big Shift: Finding Work that Matters in the Second Half of Life. Like many of us, you may not have heard of this organization. And that’s not because it has not been very successful.

For those not familiar with Encore, here’s how they describe themselves:Encore.org is building a movement to make it easier for millions of people to pursue second acts for the greater good. We call them “encore careers”. These are jobs that combine personal meaning, continued income, and social impact in the second half of life. An excellent idea, isn’t it?

A lot of this article revolves around two keyword definitions. Here are the words and relevant definitions from the Merriam-Webster dictionary: Reinvention — A complete remake or redo to bring into use again. Reintegration- a restoration to…