What are the Popular #Hobbies of #Boomers? Part 2—Gardening by Yvonne Blackwood
Gardening is one of the main activities Google identified as a hobby for boomers. According to the article “Dig into the benefits of gardening” on the Mayo Clinic’s website, gardening can provide these benefits: Increase your exercise Gardening is a good form of exercise when you perform movements that imitate whole-body exercises...
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volunteering My previous article, “What are Boomers interested in?” focused on their hobbies, but this topic encompasses such a broad scope it deserves more air time. Volunteering is one of the popular hobbies that boomers undertake. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a volunteer as “One who renders a service or takes part...
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The Thousand Islands, a North American archipelago of 1,864 islands located between the Canadian and United States border has numerous lighthouses. Many have similar designs, but their locations make them intriguing. This Thousand Island lighthouses is perched on a bank of rocks with a tiny house behind it. http://amazon.com/author/write1
What are Boomers interested in?
WRITING In my previous article titled What are Boomers Doing? I mentioned that Boomers are not a large homogenous group; they are not a one-size-fits-all group. They have variety of interests. In an article listing 25 things Boomers should do during retirement, item # 9 is: Take on a new hobby....
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The Thousand Islands represent a North American archipelago of 1,864 islands located between the Canadian and United States border. Stretching for about 50 miles from Kingston, Ontario, the Canadian islands are in the province of Ontario, and the U.S. islands are in the State of New York. Sailing through...
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What are boomers doing? That was one of the questions I posed in my previous article titled “Boomers.” When I was still in the workforce and edging closer to my mid-fifties, the conversation about retirement invariable surfaced at work. And without fail, colleagues would say that they planned to travel...
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