Career Reinvention after 60:  Maturity Helps This Time

Career Reinvention after 60: Maturity Helps This Time

My younger professional self was quite different from my current professional self.  First of all, I wear more neutrals now and love it.  But, I have noticed many changes since my return to professional life after age 60. First, I have learned to respond to situations slower and without over reacting.  My younger self would…

Career Reinvention Over 60: 5  Early Observations

Career Reinvention Over 60: 5 Early Observations

I have sat in my EDITOR chair exactly 24 days and to say life is hectic is an understatement, but career reinvention after 60 is interesting.  I heard a young lady say the other day to a younger co-worker she was not looking forward to being over fifty because she would be so bored at…

Career Reinvention Over 60: My New Role

Career Reinvention Over 60: My New Role

Yesterday, I announced HERE my new role as the Editor of San Antonio Woman Magazine.  The original editor was Beverly Purcell Guerra (middle) who helped to begin the publication 14 years ago.  Nicole Greenberg (R) is the outgoing editor due to needs at home, and I am honored to be handed the reins. It is not…

Career Reinvention:  Entering New Phase + The Blog Hop!

Career Reinvention: Entering New Phase + The Blog Hop!

2016 is in full swing and for me brings many new challenges with the career reinvention.  This is my first year completely on my own with self-employment, and I am constantly learning and tweaking.  When you dive into something new after age sixty, there has to be a huge learning curve… 1. Flexibility…it is a…

Career Reinvention:  Transitions

Career Reinvention: Transitions

Join me on the patio this morning as I think about transitions.  This is an amazing morning with low humidity….cool breezes…transitions are in the air. My new career has been years in the making.  Years of change… from a budding young marketing career after college to 16 years as an educator and now returning to…

Career Reinvention: Use It or Lose It!

Career Reinvention: Use It or Lose It!

  Since I began working retail this summer, I will leave the boutique each day, exhausted from standing 5 hours on my feet, and look up this staircase where my car waits at the top.  Use it or Lose it….this is what goes through my head each time…and what I repeat mentally to get me…

Career Reinvention:  The New Dress Code

Career Reinvention: The New Dress Code

As I announced last week, I am my new boss!  I have started a new career working as a Marketing and Public Relations Consultant, Freelance Writer, and Blogger.  The support from so many has really encouraged me…especially the support from the stylish women of ORCHARD BRANDS,  who want us to Live Beautiful at Every Age.  Orchard…