Our modern, marketing-driven lifestyles have us carefully sectioned out.
1 Engage in friendly competition.
Our modern, marketing-driven lifestyles have us carefully sectioned out. We get names like boomers, Xers, millennials, and Gen Y, and then the world offers us products and services geared to our specific demographic. But what is lost as we try to experience life and all its joys and sorrows with only the company of others in our age group? Connection. Perspective. And wisdom. These are the gifts of multigenerational relationships. There are ways to prevent this loss, though. One is to play games— anything that can become ritualistic, from chess to cards to charades. Every Wednesday in the summer, my family goes to a community track meet at the University of Richmond. There’s something about my preteen running alongside 70-year-olds that builds community and respect. There are good athletes and people who can barely finish a race, but everyone is cheering one another on.
COURTNEY PAGE FERRELL IS A CREATIVE CONSULTANT FOR FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES AND A TEDx SPEAKER.
2 Swap your skills.
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