How the Boomer Generation View Themselves

The Boomer Generation view themselves as being much younger than their parents did at the same age. Sixty-five is not considered to be old by many Boomers. It is the beginning of a new life – for some it's freedom to travel and be adventurous, for others it may be starting their own long dreamed of businesses or new careers.

Many, men as well as women, are style and appearance conscious. These Boomers will exercise with a passion and deny the fact of their aging. They will look for ways to continue to appear young. They will exfoliate their skin, use facial masks, use B vitamins, flax seed oil and do facial exercises. They will keep their skin hydrated and eat grapes, honey, fruits and nuts. They will search to discover ways to reduce eye puffiness and sill work towards getting rid of cellulite. They will use injections to help eliminate the lines in their skin. No other generation before us has done this.

They try to keep their bodies active by taking yoga or Zumba classes and their minds by learning new dance steps, an instrument or a new language. A one hundred year old man was recently on the news for having completed a marathon. Although he isn't in the Boomer generation, that is the mentality of many Boomers. It is an 'I can do it' mantra.

For some they fly south to become Snow Birds in the winter months to enjoy life in the warm sun while others look after aging parents who have also lived longer than their parents before them.

But whatever path they have chosen to take, they will do it. They are goal oriented and independent but they are also the 'sandwich generation' and as such many of them will become caregivers for the previous generation.