What I’m Doing to Celebrate 65

This Friday, November 1st, I will be officially reach the milestone at which society calls me a ‘senior.’ Here’s how I’m spending the next 10 days (my live presentations will be at the Marlene Meyerson JCC on the Upper West Side of Manhattan):

• Mon, Oct. 28 – teaching a class for SeniorTechNYC on Using Your Smartphone to Take Great Pictures, a hobby that has brought me great pleasure in recent years.
• Tue, Oct 29 AM – visiting Ruth Rosner, a 103 year old DOROT Client. (Read about what I learned.)
• Tue, Oct 29 PM – leading my monthly online class for the Virtual Senior Center. This month I will discuss the book Women Rowing North: Navigating Life’s Currents and Flourishing As We Age.
• Wed, Oct 30 – meeting with an individual client on how to transfer data from a website to a Facebook author page
• Mon, Nov 4 (afternoon)- facilitating a session on Communicating in a Changing World at the 4th Annual Symposium on Positive Aging.
• Tue, Nov 5 (evening) – presenting another SeniorTechNYC class on Living with Alexa and the Google Assistant – An Introduction to Smart Devices.

Since March, I have also helped to roll out a new One-on-One Technology Coaching Program for Dorot, where we help older adults to use their smart phones to connect to others and live independently.

As I prepare to celebrate my birthday, I invite you to Grow Old With Me (this new version of John Lennon’s song was just released by 79 year old Ringo Starr on his latest album).