There seem to be a proliferation of web sites right now geared toward our generation and especially to the Baby Boomer woman. All of them call on us to loudly state how we are many in number, full of spirit and knowledge and energy; that we have a lot to offer; that we are a force to be reckoned with and [my favorite], that we rule and we rock.
Frankly, I'm getting a little sick of it.
What benefit does it serve to go around bragging that we're women over 50, we rule, rock, and make other unnecessary noises?
My thought is that we are only as valuable as our actions. Gather our forces together. Fine. Then do something, make yourself useful.
But stop it already with all the back-patting.
No one cares unless something productive hapens. This is a country of doers, not sayers.
We were a formidable generation because we made change happen.
Then if we're still so great, let's do it again.
Vote, go out in support of a cause, start your own if you have to.
Write articles, make phone calls, write a book.
But do something other than sitting around on a web site self aggrandizing about how great we all are and how we should be respected and not forgotten because of it.
Yes, I'm proud to be a Baby Boomer. And I'm especially proud to be a Boomer woman.
But I'm also proud of my experience and my business and my writing and the plans I have for the future.
How about you?
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I have just read your article and I must say I agree. I don't need much back patting to keep me working. To be honest, I don't guess I need any. I never think of age and I don't want to be labeled as "a woman over 50." In fact, I really don't want to bee labeled at all. I am just me, working as hard as I ever did in my '40s. I don't have a full-time job but I am working on several projects. It's not hard to find some place where you can put your energies and help mankind. I've just signed up to be a part of writing the history of the Windtu Indian Tribe in northern California. I don't know if I'll get paid, but I'll be making a difference and, at last, the real history of this formidable tribe will go into the history books. I don't want to be a part of any group that exists to make each other feel good. My work does that for me.
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