“It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides.”
—George Sand

“I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming … suddenly you find — at the age of 50, say — that a whole new life has opened before you.”
—Agatha Christie

Renew

Mesa Life Options is about renewal. It is about discovering your passion and purpose by imagining the possibilities for your bonus years. Through seminars, workshops, peer mentoring, and abundant opportunities to connect with others in your community, you can examine your own unique life experiences and apply what you have learned in ways that you may never have dreamed.

Life Planning

A multitude of possibilities await Baby Boomers as we begin preparation for our eventual move from full-time employment into the bonus years of this exciting and unique next chapter. As the first generation with the opportunity to plan an incredibly productive and satisfying new life stage of 20 to 30 or more years after reaching traditional retirement age, Baby Boomers will begin to craft a new culture of maturity as we reframe and redefine the 20th century model of traditional retirement for the new millennium. The possibilities are endless.

For today’s active, vital, and dynamic boomers, planning our next chapter cannot be a one-size-fits-all proposition. It must be a unique and individualized process. To discover what others are doing with their life experience, go to Civic Ventures.

Seminars

Let Mesa Life Options Life Planning Seminars open your eyes to some of the new opportunities and possibilities that are available to help you clarify and create the time of your life. The steps to making this time of transition into a time of transformation are already within YOU! Remember, you are a work in progress. Begin to tap into your own deeper wisdom. Choose how you will create the story of your next chapter.

Workshops

Whether you are interested in additional personal growth, career assistance, gaining new skills, hobbies, or fun, MLO and our partners can help you connect to workshops, presentations, and events of interest.

Peer Mentoring

Looking ahead to your next transition and wondering about your options? Our trained MLO Peer Mentors will work with you one-to-one as you explore the multitude of possibilities for your bonus years.

Websites of Interest

According to CLOmedia, baby boomers go through five emotional stages at retirement.
The City of Mesa offers a variety of information on classes, programs, and activities, as well as places of interest and special events.
Learning keeps us young, vital and dynamic. Log on to MCC’s Community Education website for workshops, classes, and seminars.
Many resources and services are already available. Log on to these websites for more information: Mesa Library and Mesa Senior Services.

Book List

Prime Time: How Baby Boomers Will Revolutionize Retirement and Transform America, by Marc Freedman.
Don’t Retire, REWIRE! by Jeri Sedlar and Rick Miners.
How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, by David Bornstein.
Looking Forward: An Optimist’s Guide to Retirement, by Ellen Freudenheim.
My Time: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life, by Abigail Trafford.
Still Working After All These Years, by Tony Rey.
Too Young to Retire: 101 Ways to Start the Rest of Your Life, by Marika and Howard Stone.

These books and others on retirement are available at www.amazon.com.