50plus Life Design

Atta Girl, Rosie, our 61 year old heroine

A grandmother who has run more than 20,000 miles across 12 countries in five years is back in the UK.

I believe we all have something truly amazing in us.  That might be our ability to inspire by words or deeds or by our creativity or character.  Maybe our life is about being a good friend / mother / son / provider.  Maybe it's to excell in our career or in our kindness.

Rosie Swale Pope is certainly an inspration to us over 50s.  Here's her story ...

 

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Network Marketing | Money earner or Money down the Drain?

So What Is Network Marketing Anyway?

Network Marketing, Home Business Opportunity, Multi Level Marketing, MLM – mention any of those to a friend or associate and wait for the inevitable reaction ‘I don’t want to get involved with a Pyramid Scheme.’ And therein lies a misunderstanding which keeps many people from working for themselves as agents, consultants or distributors for one of the many well established companies who choose to market products directly to the public without media advertising, wholesalers or retail shops.

Many employers are reluctant to give jobs to the over 50s, presumably because they believe that younger people will deliver more energy and commitment.  Internet Marketing schemes are real opportunities to run a business of your own whatever your age, provided of course you choose the right company and understand what's involved. ...

Bee's Guide to Anti-Ageing | Useful web-sites

Welcome to my anti-ageing guide Part 7

Welcome to another day ... another week ... another year ... and we're all getting inevitably older.

I'm now in the over 60's agegroup (with a mental age somewhere between 12 and 32) and a firm believer in keeping youthful naturally - I don't want surgery but I do want to do whatever I can to help myself feel good and look good.  You too?  Want to look and feel as fresh as a daisy?  Then you've come to the right place. 

Don't get me wrong.  I don't advocate that, just because you're 50 plus, you should all be spending hours in front of the mirror.  Take a look at my previous scribbles and you'll find lots of ways to keep the fun in your life : the best way to stay youthful that there is. 

Today, however, I've chosen some diverse web-sites for you to visit at your leisure which include tips and hints on how you can gain back some years and reduce the wrinkles at the same time, helping you feel just that little bit more confident and healthy...

Another Winner | Book of the Month

Have you joined our “Book of the Month” prize draw yet?  If not, just click the link on the right and “hey presto”, you’re on the list!

Marion Ryan from Tipperary won this month’s book – here’s what she had to say …

 “Well, what a wonderful surprise that was for me – thank you so much.

 

“So a little bit about me – I'm terribly young, a mere baby of 49 and I'm a Londoner living in Tipperary in the Emerald Isle. I design blogs and websites at www.ReadySteadyBlog.com, am a dedicated blogger (www.WryVita.com) and coach women small business owners.  I am actually supposed to be blogging manically the 50 weeks to my 50th but I keep forgetting! ... ... ...

Susan’s Story| Finding Residual Income

We do love it when you share your inspiring stories of health, wealth and happiness.  Sue wrote to us recently about how she got out of the “work till you drop” trap and found a successful way to build a residual income and her inspirational text follows.

Network marketing makes so much more business sense than the expensive advertisement route.  It can also be one of the most successful routes to ‘residual income’ and it’s something Tony and I have been practicing ourselves.  We had mixed success and have been in a steep learning curve for the last three years.  Tony has become quite an expert on the pitfalls and benefits of various schemes, so if you want to know more, please contact him at tony@thelifedesignstudio.com and watch out for his next article which will help you not to fall into the same traps as we did.

So now, over to Sue …

Good Deals and Great Adventures just for the Over 50s!

Hi!  Don't the weeks fly by!  It's already time to remind you that I shall be drawing our free prize "Book of the Month" again soon.

What a winner it is.  Just perfect for all you inspirational over 50s.  It's called "Unbelievably Good Deals and Great Adventures That You Absolutely Can't Get Unless You're OVER 50" by Joan Rattner Heilman.

Joan is an American author so much of the book is how to save in the money in the USA though it does cover other countries also.  A perfect book if you live or travel to the USA regularly and the deals on offer are truly amazing.

If you are not already in our Book of the Month Club, just sign up on the right of this page.  You'll be in with a  chance of winning each month and also receive blog alerts to let you know when we publish new material or have a new book on offer.

If you would like the book but don't want to join the club, just look down the left hand column and there's a direct link to purchase it.

Best of Luck.

Bee

Bee’s Guide to Anti Ageing |Worried about memory-loss?

Part 6 : Blueberries prevent forgetfulness!

There’s been a lot in the press recently about how blueberries can help memory loss, which is a common problems as we age.  But what if you don’t like blueberries or couldn’t imagine eating a punnet a day for the rest of your life?

There is a Choice

Up to now my efforts to help you stay youthful have been focussing on things you can do free of charge and it’s a fact that blueberries (or the equivalent) cost money, but if you are going to protect your little grey cells, you might consider my idea well worth the investment...

Anti-Ageing : Bee’s Guide to Staying Youthful : Part 5

"Age is a quality of mind.
If you left your dreams behind, if hope is cold,
If you no longer look ahead,
If your ambition's fires are dead,
Then you are old.
But if from life you take the best,
And if in life you keep the jest, if love you hold,
No matter how the years go by, No matter how your birthdays fly ... You are not old."  Virginia Ely

… In my consulting rooms this week a 36-year-old was complaining about her wrinkles.  She is already dreading the ageing process; dreading losing her youthful complexion along with her memory; expecting to ‘wear out’ before too long and just waiting for the aches and pains of middle age.  She thinks of 50 plus as the onset of old age!

What can she expect?  …

Don’t Worry – Be Happy

Part 6 of Tony’s 10 Things to Do before You Retire

So far, in this series I have urged you to find out what your values and goals are – to look after your wealth and your health – and now it’s time to enjoy the best period of your entire life. 

The time to be happy is now.

We all laugh at the Grumpy Old Man or Grumpy Old Woman TV images, but behind every comic stereotype is a tragic truth.  I expect you may know older people who live entirely in the past, mulling over lost opportunities – letting the past dictate their mood here and now.  If they look forward at all it is to anticipate difficulty and disaster.  Why not resolve right now that from this moment you will put yourself at the centre of your world and do only those things which will make you happy…

Would you run a Marathon at 101 years old?

Buster Martin intends to do just that in April this year! 

What an inspiration to us all. 

He still works and plays in a rock band "The Zimmers"! 

He has 17 children ... you'd think he would be totally worn down by now!!  Not Buster.  He is amazing and proof we only really age when we expect to.

You can read about him on this BBC link. 

Would you like to make a donation to the charitable cause he's supporting?  Go to Buster Martin's donation site. 

Oh, I do love these opportunities to admire the guts, determination and sheer love of life that 'oldies' all over the world are demonstrating.  The Londonist calls him "The 101 year old with an invincibility complex"

Do you have an inspiring story?  Have you started a new hobby, project, business or life after the age of 50?  (50 seems so young all of a sudden).  Please send your story to us in around 600 words - and a couple of photos - to bee@thelifedesignstudio.com and we will endeavour to print it on our site.  You can include links to your product / service / blog if appropriate too.

Best wishes

Bee