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Healing The Decades Behind Us

Written by J.J.

Polls show that the majority of Americans believe the country is going in the wrong direction.  For some, that perception has been consistent over Democratic and Republican administrations throughout the 2000's.  Even for the ruling party dissatisfaction boils among a sizable minority. Given that, in January 2020, I wondered what would happen if we made resolutions to heal our cultural disatisfactions much like we resolve to improve our personal lives each new year. Little did I realize that 4 months into the year we'd be watching the horrifying death of a 46 year old black man restrained by police and begging for his life. That video unleashed a torrent of anguished protests in over 700 communities and triggered national and international discussions about racism in the criminal justice system. While there are many issues to solve that will improve our satisfaction with the national direction certainly reinforcing America's role as a country of fairness and "justice for all" will bolster our democracy and buoy our spirits. Would you agree? Recent polling shows America is ready to tackle that big issue. Only 7% of respondents over 55 years of age think racism isn't a  problem. So, where do we go from here? 

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Older Americans Turn to Strengths During the Pandemic

Written by J.J.

 

Aging is a gradual process of change that arms us with tools adapted to mitigating personal and external transformation. Covid-19 is causing us to open that toolbox, examine the contents, and learn their uses. Across America, as individuals and families are faced with disrupted community, older Americans are sharing their experience to provide balance and support. You've read about retired physicians and health care professionals coming forward to help our strained hospital system. You've probably also seen 79 year old Dr Fauci calmly steadying the shaky national response. Though initially fixated on preserving economic health above all else even 73 year old Donald Trump pivoted to face the crisis. His acceptance made it possible for most gubernatorial followers to initiate important, life saving preventative action for a time. In this blog I wonder how the contents of our toolboxes could help us stand strong against Covid-19.

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Caring For Your Heart in Troubled Times

Written by J.J.

As we enter the second decade of this century changes on the horizon will require us to ramp up care of our health and heart to best navigate the world. Already we're seeing that a global world, while full of wonderful connections also brings us global stock meltdowns, global illnesses, and global news all of which can cause stress and anxiety. As you plan for your aging needs or prepare for emergent issues please include a scheme today to better care for your heart. As this blog will explain caring for the heart is unquestionably the best investment of our lives.

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Why We'll See the End of Cursive This Decade

Written by J.J.

My mother would've been horrified to know that one of the property assets she agreed to sell was signed away with only an electronic signature...just a virtual scrawl on a digital form in Ariel font. How could anyone be liable without their unique signature on the document she would've worried. Though she saw the signs of our society downgrading the importance of signatures several years before that transaction, in checks that were casually cashed without one, she never imagined that electronic signatures were the beginning of a larger move away from cursive. Many signs now point to the possibility that longhand, a personalized form of communication popularized in the early stages of our country, could be headed for a digital demise. Why?

 

 Note: Handwriting is an umbrella term for letters created with pen or pencil. Cursive, Longhand, and Script refer specifically to the practice of joining letters.

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