Dance until the Music Stops
An Inspiring Guide to Extended Life
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We are a new generations of an older population with no previous models before us. We have longer lives, stronger lives, active minds and bodies seeking new answers to start, think. Life expectancy worldwide increased by 30 years in the 20th Century. In the United States, it might be slightly higher. With Census figures already attainable, the data shows an increase of 4.5 million people since 1998. The population 65 and over will increase from 35 million in 2000 to 40 million in 2010 (a 15% increase) and then to 55 million in 2010 (a 36% increase for that decade). One of the messages to be deduced is that society must find the ways and means to make longevity a benefit or blessing, not a burden.
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Life expectancy worldwide increased by thirty years in the twentieth century. Even so, many soon-to-be retirees don’t expect to live decades beyond eighty. They typically haven’t thought much about what their lives will be like after retirement, except to be glad to be done with rising at the break of dawn, punching time clocks, and fighting crowds on lanes or trains. But after two or three years of retirement, the days become dull, and their bodies become listless.
In contrast, other retirees engaged with the world are seeking out fulfilling projects and programs. These people are looking for things to do—ways to use their newfound years to fulfill old dreams. Once they did, they did not describe life as a half full (or half empty) bucket; they needed two buckets to hold the summation of their lives!
These are the people who inspired the writing of Dance until the Music Stops. With personal experiences, research, anecdotes, insights, and humor, author Esther C. Gropper developed this guide to help seniors enjoy their retirement and learn the “what’s what” of extended life.
About the Author
Esther C. Gropper has worked in many fields over the course of her life, including radio, television, education, and linguistics. Following retirement, she pursued a career as a freelance writer. The mother of three, grandmother of four, and great-grandmother of seven, she currently lives in Florida.