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When One Door Closes, Another One Opens

Judi Freedman | Posted 05.22.2013 | Fifty
Judi Freedman

For the past five years, I have been living a double life. Judy with a 'y' during the day at my corporate workplace and Judi with an 'i" at night at home on the computer.

Going Green For An Encore Career

Next Avenue | Posted 03.24.2013 | Fifty

SPECIAL FROM Next Avenue By Elizabeth Isele One targets toxic chemicals in household products; the other turned her knitting into a lucrative bu...

What I Learned From My Younger Colleagues

Next Avenue | Posted 02.24.2013 | Fifty

SPECIAL FROM Next Avenue By Erica Whittlinger A former money manager turned ski instructor loves learning new tricks working alongside Millennia...

Why This Former TV Executive Became A Park Ranger

The Huffington Post | Shelley Emling | Posted 02.22.2013 | Fifty

Eight years ago, John Kerr had no idea what to do next when he retired from his job as a public television executive in Boston at age 65. For four dec...

Finally Home

Gary Burr | Posted 04.02.2013 | Fifty
Gary Burr

That's what I love about this moment. I see the names all linked for all time. There's my name right next to the name of the woman who became my wife in the middle of all this craziness. There's Kenny Loggins' name. Proof that he did indeed call one night with a "crazy idea."

Finally Home

Georgia Middleman | Posted 04.01.2013 | Fifty
Georgia Middleman

In this band, I can use every aspect of what I do and love as an artist. I don't have to make myself smaller to fit in; I just have to have the courage to put it all out there.

5 Essential Business Lessons: Sales, Marketing, Management and More

Scott Steinberg | Posted 03.31.2013 | Business
Scott Steinberg

Don't be afraid to ask for something you desire: While it won't always be given, if you never even make the attempt, you'll never get what you want.

Finally Home

Kenny Loggins | Posted 03.30.2013 | Fifty
Kenny Loggins

When I look back, I can see that I've been searching for home since I started out in '71. It seems my life has been an endless quest for home, searching for that place where I know I belong.

Boomers Proving You Can Always Follow Your Dreams

Next Avenue | Posted 12.02.2012 | Fifty

SPECIAL FROM Next Avenue By Tracy Minkin Meet everyday people who mined their potential in new careers in midlife Eleanor Esther Appleyard wa...

Kenny Loggins: How I Climbed My Own Personal Everest

Kenny Loggins | Posted 01.30.2013 | Fifty
Kenny Loggins

I've allowed myself this feeling only a few times in my life. It's a moment when suddenly, unexpectedly there is nothing to plan or do, and nothing to fear. All of life is distilled into here and now. I am no longer concerned about tomorrow. Everything I need is all around me.

How To Make Money While Following Your Passion

U.S. News And World Report | Posted 11.29.2012 | Fifty

When Marva Goldsmith took a buyout in 2001 after a 20-year career at a Detroit utilities company, she moved to Washington, D.C., in search of a job th...

Kenny Loggins: Advice To My Younger Self

Kenny Loggins | Posted 12.24.2012 | Fifty
Kenny Loggins

A few days ago it came to my attention that a fellow HuffPo writer named Ilene Angel had written a very flattering review of Blue Sky Riders. In the post, she asked me the questions she wished she'd have asked me backstage. I figured it might be fun and informative to print her questions here, with my answers, too.

On Do-Overs, Lessons Learned and Second-Chances

Nancy Sherr | Posted 12.16.2012 | Fifty
Nancy Sherr

While we don't get a "do over" when it comes to our youth, we can use much of what we've learned in hindsight to help us live more zestfully in midlife.

You Can't Go Home Again (But I Did)

Gary Burr | Posted 12.06.2012 | Fifty
Gary Burr

I had dropped out of college, gone to California, come home, gotten married and had two kids and was now making $278 a week. I was also writing songs in my basement every night after the kids were asleep. In my heart of hearts I knew that THAT was what i was put on this planet to do.

The Real Thing

Kenny Loggins | Posted 11.27.2012 | Fifty
Kenny Loggins

Even though you may have put in years of sweat to attain your goal, there always seems to be this bizarre sense of surprise, right at that moment when it all comes true. Even though every bone in your body knew it was just gonna happen, when it actually does, I guarantee shock and awe.

Let's Start a Band

Kenny Loggins | Posted 11.04.2012 | Fifty
Kenny Loggins

Suddenly, I had a new musical style, a new band behind me and by the end of the year, a new marriage. I was ten feet tall and bullet-proof and, like most young, stupidly successful musicians, I just naturally assumed it would all last forever.

9 Second Acts That Don't Require A 4-Year Degree

Posted 08.21.2012 | Fifty

By Susan Ricker and CareerBuilder You want to make a career change, but you don't have a bachelor's degree and don't have the funds or the interest...

12 Tools To Help Land Your Dream Job

Posted 08.16.2012 | Fifty

The prospect of reinventing yourself after 50 can be a daunting one without some basic tools and support. Fortunately, while it can't give you the all...

Kenny Loggins: 'I Finally Understand What I Wished For As A Young Man'

Kenny Loggins | Posted 10.10.2012 | Fifty
Kenny Loggins

I finally understand what I wished for as a young man in Pasadena, as a rock star in the '80s and again as a grown man starting over again in 2012... It's the whole enchilada: nerves, tears and all. This is exactly what success feels like.

Pulled By A Religious Calling, Growing Numbers Of Women Are Entering The Clergy In Midlife

Posted 07.17.2012 | Fifty

SPECIAL FROM By Rona Cherry Shortly before 9 a.m. on September 11, 2001, I received a telephone call from a friend who told me to turn on th...

This IS A Band!

Kenny Loggins | Posted 09.15.2012 | Fifty
Kenny Loggins

How do we find a new way to collaborate that honors each of our creative urges, while keeping this production within our modest budget? After all, this ain't "Dark Side of the Moon," ya know.

10 Midlifers Declare Their Independence

Posted 07.05.2012 | Fifty

This Fourth of July, we were inspired to round up some of the amazing men and women featured on Huff/Post50 who have declared “I am independent!”...

Looking For A Part-Time Job? 10 Great Gigs For Retirees

The Huffington Post | Posted 07.06.2012 | Fifty

With more Americans over 65 choosing to work longer than ever before, ways for retirees to continue earning while enjoying the leisure time and flexib...

Former Columnist Sails Away From It All

www.newspaperalum.com | Posted 07.03.2012 | Travel

Before being pushed out by the editor of the Denver Post in 1997, veteran journalist Jim Carrier [See bio] claims he had one of the best jobs in Ameri...

How A Squirrel Turned A Stay-At-Home Mom Into A Millionaire

Lori Weiss | Posted 10.09.2012 | MarloThomas

One of the reasons I started my website is that I wanted a place for women to come together and dream. Women should know that they don't have to hang...