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  • the monday nugget – dewanda wise

    you may think that you’re moving too slowly, that you’re not getting there fast enough, or that you’ll never get there, at this rate (no, you’ll never get there if you stop altogether). you may think that the steps you are making are inconsequential. baby steps. but wait: baby steps are monumental, no matter your…

    y.l.d.

    April 19, 2022
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    10 under 10, 30 under 30, ageism, ageist language, baby steps, baby steps are monumental, dewanda wise, do not give up, keep going, success, the building stage, the long road, the monday nugget, wisdom
  • the ageismville diaries – chapter four (🤬)

    the age/looks barometer We have this ageism-flavored drink in our systems y’all.  We are doing a lot of the work on ourselves, lessening the load of those who want and endeavor for us to feel less than as we age.  Question: What is 45 (or any other age) supposed to feel like? Consider this piece…

    y.l.d.

    April 19, 2022
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    45, age, age/looks, age/looks barometer, ageism, ageismville, ageismville chapter four, aging, beauty, inherent ageism, subconscious ageism, the ageismville diaries, toxic ageism
  • the monday nugget – omisade burney-scott

    this week’s monday nugget is brought to you by the wee hours of a tuesday night because: life time is now a monday nugget is timeless sunshine

    y.l.d.

    April 13, 2022
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    @oshunsweetnsour, beauty, encouragement, inspiration, omisade burney-scott, sunshine, the monday nugget
  • the ageismville diaries – chapter three

    no, yes, then no again Note: There is an f-bomb I can’t get myself to take out of this story. I might change it later, but right now I just feel like sometimes ageism requires cussing. I didn’t know what chapter three would be about. I didn’t even know there would be a chapter three.…

    y.l.d.

    April 13, 2022
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    #metoo, age discrimination, ageism, ageismville chapter three, aging at work, interview, interview story, job hunting, since before #metoo, the #metoo movement, the ageismville diaries, the job hunt
  • from the inspiration files – 70 over 70

    3. 70 over 70 If, like me, you love a good podcast, I highly recommend this one, 70 Over 70, hosted by Max Linsky. The tagline , “A show about how we make the most of the time we have left,” kind of gets under my skin a little bit, but that could just be…

    y.l.d.

    April 13, 2022
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    70 over 70, age, ageism, ageist language, aging, inspiration, language, language rant, max linsky, podcast, the inspiration files
  • the monday nugget – dame helen mirren (🤬 warning)

    in my experience, when these two words are warranted, they work like no others could … try them on your inner censor and/or anyone else who comes for you the wrong way …

    y.l.d.

    April 4, 2022
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    age, beauty, f🤬ck off, helen mirren, inspiration, ravenous butterflies, the monday nugget, wisdom
  • the ageismville diaries – chapter two

    reading Today was a doozy. I was shedding things, making room, as spring will have you do, when I came across the Summer 2021 issue of Millie, a magazine that started showing up with my subscription to Real Simple, out of the blue. Immediately I saw why I’d kept it around this long: it had…

    y.l.d.

    April 3, 2022
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    #funkingafter50, #theageismvillediaries, age, ageism, ageismville, ageismville episode 2, aging, arlinda mcintosh, millie, millie magazine, sex plus discrimination, sofistafunk, the ageismville diaries
  • from the inspiration files – dagny carlsson

    2. dagny carlsson Unfortunately, I only became acquainted with her work, as of last week, when she passed away. Still, what a legacy. From a piece The New York Times published on her, I learned that at 109, Dagny Carlsson was the world’s oldest blogger. She started her blog after taking a computer course at…

    y.l.d.

    April 2, 2022
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    aging, anti-ageism, blogger, centenarian, centenarian blogger, dagny, dagny carlsson, inspiration, life is for living, never too late, the inspiration files, world's oldest blogger
  • the monday nugget – @paulafontana3

    no matter your station in life, your age, your beliefs, your … fill in the blank …

    y.l.d.

    March 28, 2022
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    agelessness, authenticity, encouragement, let's go, nugget, paula fontana, the monday nugget, wisdom
  • the ageismville diaries – chapter one

    entry I didn’t get the job. Every sign on the month-long, four-interview road to that Copy Editor position said that the job was in the bag. It was mine. I’d never walked away from an interview feeling more confident than I had after that last one. By then, the process had gone from the initial…

    y.l.d.

    March 27, 2022
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    age, age bias, age discrimination, ageism, ageismville, ageismville chapter one, aging, discrimination, job hunt, subconscious bias, working while aging
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