Focus Day: Vital Aging

You are only as old as you feel. There are numerous organizations and activities to help keep you young at heart. This is a day to consider some options.

Secrets of Becoming a Late Bloomer
9:30
Presidents’ Hall

Speaker: Connie Goldman, author and former award-winning NPR reporter and producer

Somewhere in midlife or later, we realize that careers, jobs, family responsibilities, and our health have changed. Goldman believes that disadvantages and drawbacks of getting older have received far too much attention. Her presentation will reflect on individual ways to bloom – to continue learning, growing, finding new challenges, examining values, and contemplating individual possibilities. -Sheila Lind

Hitting Gold: How Pleasure and Desire Find a Balance with Age
10:45 – 11:45
Presidents’ Hall

Speaker: Angus W. MacDonald III, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota Department of Psychology

Good things tend to make us happy for a little while. Then we come to expect them and return to our average level of happiness. MacDonald will show that as we come into our golden years, it appears that this average level of happiness gradually rises. He believes this is because the wisdom of knowing ourselves allows us to find a balance between actual pleasures and ceaseless desires. -Nell Wegmann

Announcements
11:45 – Noon

Luncheon
11:00 – 1:15

Luncheon Hostess: Beth McCabe and Jeri Strand
Guest Hostess: Karen Landro

• Nominating Committee – Porch

You Don’t Get A Bill When You Ask Dr. Jill
1:15 – 2:15
Presidents’ Hall

Presenters: Players in the Groove

This performance is by a troupe of seniors ranging from 68-78 years young. They travel the entire metro area performing one-act comedies for the entertainment of audiences similar to themselves. The group, which formed from a workshop taught by AAUW member Harriette Krasnoff, has been doing this for three years, with hopes of continuing indefinitely. -Harriette Krasnoff