Doing 65 is a calendar.Being 65 is a consciousness. Doing 65 asks, What’s next?Being 65 asks, What matters? Doing 65
Doing 65 vs. Being 65
Chip Conley
March 23, 2026
Guest Post: The Power of We-sdom
The idea of We-sdom was born during a recent reunion call Leslie facilitated for the “7 Faces of We” cohort from
Leslie Bartlett
March 22, 2026
Guest Post: We Are The Last Analogue Generation: A New Meaning Of Stewardship Amid AI
We occupy a unique, fleeting position in history. If you are old enough to remember the distinctive screech of a
Dr. Cornelia C. Walther
March 21, 2026
Judgment Day (No, Not That One)
Judgment is the human capacity to arbitrate among competing values, to weigh things that all matter but can’t all be
Chip Conley
March 20, 2026
PAPR: Post-Ambition, Pre-Retirement
PAPR is that curious period when the ambition engine that powered your 30s and 40s starts making a different sound.
Chip Conley
March 19, 2026
“Hell-No” to a Retirement Community? “Hell-Yes” to What?
Many of you know, as part of the new MEA Homes initiative, we’ve purchased two homes near our Santa Fe
Chip Conley
March 18, 2026
Why I’m Not a Fan of Work-Life Balance
When people talk about balance, they often imagine something like a gymnast on a beam. But unless you’re Olga Korbut
Chip Conley
March 17, 2026
The Month I Died
Image by Jonas Peterson Next February, I’m going to die. Not permanently, I hope. But convincingly enough that the world—and
Chip Conley
March 16, 2026
Guest Post: SageHouse: A Place to Belong
Valerie was a valuable cohort member of our first Golden Girls workshop, The Betty’s, and she continues to amaze me
Valerie A. Lee
March 15, 2026
Guest Post: Ten Years From Now, What Will You Regret If You Didn’t Do It Now
Anyone who has been to MEA will recognize that as one of Chip Conley’s favorite questions. The first part of
Pat Whitty
March 14, 2026
The Box of Unlived (and Unloved) Life
Consider that we all have a “box of unlived life,” almost like a time capsule from the future that we’re
Chip Conley
March 13, 2026
Ibogaine and the Midlife “Neural Reset”
A recent New York Times Magazine article describes veterans and trauma survivors traveling to Tijuana, Baja Norte, Mexico for ibogaine
Chip Conley
March 12, 2026
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