Sixty and Me is an online magazine about life after 60. Our topics range from makeup for older women and senior dating to retirement advice and senior travel tips.
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I have been guilty of downloading apps because they were on someone’s list of “Top 5 Useful Apps for Women Over 50,” only to never open them again. But there are a handful of apps I use regularly because they actually do remove friction, solve a problem or make life easier in some way. Rather than simply recommending apps, I thought I’d share how I decide whether an app is actually useful to me...
As a long-time single woman, I usually assess “big risk” questions purely on gut instinct and my stubborn belief that I will ultimately handle any problems or hiccups that may arise. This time, however, I wanted a smart, experienced, truth-telling team of women who would help me look at a business opportunity from every angle...
Feeling stuck after 60 was the last thing she expected on the afternoon she closed the biggest deal of her year. Everyone around her was celebrating, and she could not understand why she wanted to leave. The conference room erupted before she had finished closing her laptop. The client had said yes. After three months of negotiations, revised proposals...
In my last article for Sixty and Me, I admitted that I rather enjoy reading hotel reviews. Yes, I know, I need to get out more. Well, I also find myself reading the questions people ask on forums about retiring overseas, and perhaps even more interestingly, the answers they receive. There is no shortage of enthusiasm...
Have you ever spent a night in fitful sleep, had disturbing dreams or just awakened at 3 am with a mind so active you had to take a sleeping pill? Or are those just redundant questions? As I’ve gotten older, now in my mid 70s, I’ve noticed that it’s darn...
An inherited fur coat is rarely just another item of clothing. It may bring back the image of your mother dressing for a special evening, your grandmother arriving for a holiday dinner, or an aunt whose style filled every room. Even the lining can unlock forgotten memories...
For a long time, I believed healthy eating meant compromise. Less flavor. Smaller portions. Skipping the foods I loved. If dinner was delicious, surely I'd done something wrong. I don't know exactly when I started believing that. Maybe it was years of magazine headlines. Maybe decades of hearing foods labeled "good" and "bad." Whatever the reason, I stopped trusting my own plate...
As we get older, sight and hearing are generally the senses that are most obviously affected and best cared for, whilst changes in taste, smell and touch are far less widely recognised. However, it is the five senses that undergo a change. We may need more stimulation to be aware of a sensation, because the […]
I devoured Sebastian Fitzek's Therapy over the course of a single foggy, drizzly weekend, and in hindsight, the weather couldn't have set a more fitting mood. I picked it up for a fairly simple reason: this year marks 20 years since Fitzek's German original novel was first published, and the anniversary arrived with a new audiobook edition...
A woman once told me she needed a new sofa. Not wanted. Needed. The one in her living room was old, uncomfortable, and had been repaired more than once. She had found a replacement she loved, and buying it wouldn't have put the slightest strain on her finances. But she couldn't bring herself to order it...
