“We’re All Getting Older is smart, savvy, and sparkling with wisdom. It feeds my curiosity, my love of learning, my sense of humor, and because it’s aimed at people in my stage of life, I feel completely understood.” — Melissa Dinwiddie, CEO, Innovation Catalyst
What is We’re All Getting Older (WAGO)?
WAGO is a weekly newsletter and a community of midlifers who believe in getting better as we get older. (Psst. Up until recently, WAGO was called Midlife Cues.)
Every Sunday edition explores what it takes to keep growing, stay relevant, and be the kind of people we want to be in our midlife and… well, always, really!
NB: I use the word midlife with a broad meaning — the middle of our lives, which is not the same as the midpoint of our lives. I don’t subscribe to the traditional definition of ages 40-65. I believe we’re in the middle of our lives much, much longer than that!
WAGO is free for everyone to read. But paid subscribers make my work possible.
Paid subscribers help keep WAGO paywall-free and available to everyone. They put coffee and tea in my cup — basic essentials for research and writing.
Paying subscribers also get the Backstage Pass. “Why hoard?” is my mantra these days. 😊 Backstage is where I share the tools I use to run my work and life. I share my Notion templates, processes, book notes, and my experiences and lessons learned from starting a new career late in midlife.
You can become an annual paid subscriber for the equivalent of ONE hardcover book: $30.
Whether you sign up for free or upgrade to a paid subscription, I hope you’ll join me. Let’s do this.
“I don’t want to wonder if I have made of my life something particular and real. I don’t want to find myself sighing and frightened or full of argument. I don’t want to end up simply having visited this world.” — Mary Oliver, poet
Who is behind WAGO?
I used to be a happy corporate ladder climber and thought I’d never want to do anything different. Until one day, I realized I did indeed want to flex other muscles and pursue other things. Who knew that would happen?! Hah!
Except it took me a while to figure out who I was without my corporate job title. Then another while to figure out who I want to be next. Then another little while to embrace that I actually want to build a new career.
What’s been my guiding light through those years of wandering is my belief that to learn is to grow is to live. That we must continue to grow… regardless of our age, no matter our circumstances, until the day we check out.
I write this newsletter in support of that belief. And help, as much as I can, to keep you growing too.
Here’s a more formal-sounding bio 😉: Lou Blaser is a former change strategy consultant and IT leader, turned writer and podcaster. She writes We’re All Getting Older (previously called Midlife Cues) and hosts Second Breaks, a podcast about midlife transitions. She is the author of “Break Free: The Courage to Reinvent Yourself and Your Career” and is currently working on her next book project about retirement in the 21st century.
