Comments on: Turning 50 http://www.genplususa.com/turning-50/ Re-inventing 50 plus Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:21:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Blogging Boomers Carnival Number 122 « Midlife Crisis Queen: The Weblog http://www.genplususa.com/turning-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1406 Blogging Boomers Carnival Number 122 « Midlife Crisis Queen: The Weblog Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:53:28 +0000 http://www.genplususa.com/turning-50/#comment-1406 [...] Janet Wendy, over at Gen Plus, joined the ranks of those 50-plus recently and shares her thoughts on this somewhat staggering benchmark birthday. [...] [...] Janet Wendy, over at Gen Plus, joined the ranks of those 50-plus recently and shares her thoughts on this somewhat staggering benchmark birthday. [...]

]]> By: Janet Wendy Spiegel http://www.genplususa.com/turning-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1400 Janet Wendy Spiegel Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:31:22 +0000 http://www.genplususa.com/turning-50/#comment-1400 Thanks for the wishes. Anne, I LOVE your comment. I, too, feel like I'm embarking on a whole new lifetime. Thanks for the wishes. Anne, I LOVE your comment. I, too, feel like I’m embarking on a whole new lifetime.

]]> By: Anne http://www.genplususa.com/turning-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1399 Anne Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:19:16 +0000 http://www.genplususa.com/turning-50/#comment-1399 Happy Birthday! I started college when I was 45 because I was faced with having nothing to look forward to when my last child started high school. I started teaching 6th grade the year I turned 50! I will have earned my master's before I am 55 and hope to teach at the college level part time eventually. I am challenged, meet lots of wonderful people all the time, and have an outlet for my creative side, too. I am living another whole lifetime and enjoying it immensely. Age is just a measurement of time, not a definition of who you are! Happy Birthday!
I started college when I was 45 because I was faced with having nothing to look forward to when my last child started high school. I started teaching 6th grade the year I turned 50!
I will have earned my master’s before I am 55 and hope to teach at the college level part time eventually. I am challenged, meet lots of wonderful people all the time, and have an outlet for my creative side, too. I am living another whole lifetime and enjoying it immensely. Age is just a measurement of time, not a definition of who you are!

]]> By: Melodee Patterson http://www.genplususa.com/turning-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1388 Melodee Patterson Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:40:55 +0000 http://www.genplususa.com/turning-50/#comment-1388 Congratulations! I have a feeling you'll enjoy your fifties :-) Congratulations! I have a feeling you’ll enjoy your fifties :-)

]]> By: hbdt2288 http://www.genplususa.com/turning-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1386 hbdt2288 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:41:39 +0000 http://www.genplususa.com/turning-50/#comment-1386 Happy Birthday. Interesting blog you've got here. Kudos. But it’s missing an important part of the equation: your generation--Generation Jones, born 1954-1965, between the Boomers and Generation X. Google Generation Jones, and you’ll see it’s gotten a ton of media attention, and many top commentators from many top publications and networks (Washington Post, Time magazine, NBC, Newsweek, ABC, etc.) now specifically use this term. The Associated Press' annual Trend Report chose the Rise of Generation Jones as the #1 trend of 2009. It is important to distinguish between the post-WWII demographic boom in births vs. the cultural generations born during that era. Generations are a function of the common formative experiences of its members, not the fertility rates of its parents. Many experts now believe it breaks down this way: DEMOGRAPHIC boom in babies: 1946-1964 Baby Boom GENERATION: 1942-1953 Generation Jones: 1954-1965 Generation X: 1966-1978 Here is an op-ed about GenJones as the new generation of leadership in USA TODAY: http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20090127/column27_st.art.htm Here's a page with a good overview of recent stuff about GenJones: http://generationjones.com/2009latest.html Happy Birthday. Interesting blog you’ve got here. Kudos. But it’s missing an important part of the equation: your generation–Generation Jones, born 1954-1965, between the Boomers and Generation X.

Google Generation Jones, and you’ll see it’s gotten a ton of media attention, and many top commentators from many top publications and networks (Washington Post, Time magazine, NBC, Newsweek, ABC, etc.) now specifically use this term. The Associated Press’ annual Trend Report chose the Rise of Generation Jones as the #1 trend of 2009.

It is important to distinguish between the post-WWII demographic boom in births vs. the cultural generations born during that era. Generations are a function of the common formative experiences of its members, not the fertility rates of its parents. Many experts now believe it breaks down this way:

DEMOGRAPHIC boom in babies: 1946-1964
Baby Boom GENERATION: 1942-1953
Generation Jones: 1954-1965
Generation X: 1966-1978

Here is an op-ed about GenJones as the new generation of leadership in USA TODAY:
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20090127/column27_st.art.htm

Here’s a page with a good overview of recent stuff about GenJones:
http://generationjones.com/2009latest.html

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