by Wendy - Hey, Boomer | Mar 13, 2025 | Blog, Possibilities, Purpose
On September 10, 2001, I lost my job. I had been working as a recruiter and leadership development trainer at a telecom startup in Northern Virginia. The founder and I disagreed on how he was handling interviews and messaging with new hires. By the end of the day, he...
by Wendy - Hey, Boomer | Aug 8, 2024 | Purpose
When we were growing up, being active was not a problem. Our mothers did not want us hanging out in the house. “Go outside and play” was a familiar refrain. We road our bikes everywhere. We climbed trees. We played tag and hide & seek. Watching TV was mostly...
by Wendy - Hey, Boomer | Jun 26, 2024 | Possibilities, Purpose, Reflections
This is a story my Dad wrote, many years ago. It was July 20, 1970. The clock read 3:02 A.M. as I drove to my office in South Miami, listening to the radio. Another 18-hour workday lay ahead. While cruising the dark highway, I mentally cataloged the day’s events as...
by Wendy - Hey, Boomer | Nov 9, 2023 | Possibilities, Purpose, Reflections
Back in March of this year, I wrote a blog and did a show about Taking a Pause. I was rereading that article and I thought it was pretty good. I also thought that there were parts of it where I wanted to go deeper. Steven Tyler from Aerosmith sings Amazing, which...
by Wendy - Hey, Boomer | Oct 18, 2023 | Blog, Possibilities, Purpose
There is a natural rhythm of life. That is not a profound statement. We all know the rhythm. We are born, we grow, if we are lucky, we have a long healthy life and eventually it ends. There’s a narrative we’re changing here at Hey Boomer: retirement age...
by Wendy - Hey, Boomer | Apr 20, 2023 | Blog, Possibilities, Purpose
Initial Survey Results As you may remember, I sent out a survey last week asking several questions about retirement. What motivated me to send out this survey was the results of some research out of MIT AgeLab and an article written in Forbes magazine by Dr. Joseph...
