50 things to do at 50-something CONTEST!
As you know, I have been compiling an ongoing list of 50 things to do at 50-something. These are fun, life-extending, life-enhancing, positive things. And I would like your help.
Leave a comment below giving me one additional item to add to the 50/50 list. Deadline for the comments is Friday, June 20 at 11:59 PM (Eastern Daylight Savings Time). Your comment must be appropriate for 50-something Baby Boomers, and it can’t duplicate one my comments, from June 4th or June 5th.
The prize? A $30 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble or Borders, your choice.
The comments will be put into a random drawing, and I’ll announce the winner here at Small Business Boomers. I need 30 more items, and I hope you all can help provide them.
Make sure your e-mail address is included in the designated space with your comment. Otherwise I won’t be able to contact you if your name is drawn.
The prize is only available to those in the U.S. and Canada.
This is my first contest here at Small Business Boomers, and I am excited to see lots of great comments. I will publish all appropriate comments here at the end of the contest.
173 Comments
learn (or re-learn) to knit – it’s very trendy right now.
Start a new business venture doing what you love. 50 is the power age! When you can let go of what others think and your own limitations, then you can free up the energy to go for it.
Some of the most powerful companies have been started at a kitchen table. If you do what you love, you will be able to get through the tough times. Find what you were meant to do! Then get busy doing it!
Take time to really listen to your grandchildren. Their’s is a fascinating world if you open your mind and let them share. Don’t offer advice, correct them, find something negative at these times…simply listen.
Those of us who are blessed with grandchildren would agree. Thanks!
Sing……Dance…….Laugh….Be Happy…….
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Find a farmer’s market and buy some of your food there. There’s nothing like touching and smelling fresh food from the farm to make you feel both new and nostalgic and while you’re at it, pick a new food you’ve never tried every week and give it a shot!
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You can’t win if you don’t enter — so I will enter before senility kicks in.
Start traveling, see the places and do the things you put off because you had to raise children.
Learn to ride a motorcycle
Start walking for a healty heart-1/2 hour per day to start gets your metabolism a boost too. You can start a walking club if you prefer company on your walks….and while you’re out there, pick up trash off the street to beautify your town!
Find a hobby you love and try and make money at it too!
Go somewhere you have never been before. A shop downtown ,you have never been to, a restaurant ,the next small town near you or 500 miles away. its all about discovering something new you havent ever done before.
thanks for the contest
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Try a new exercise class. (I personally like yoga and aerobics.) It’s never too late to get in shape, and weight bearing exercise can help prevent osteoperosis.
start a contaimer garden
How about skydiving? If Geo Bush Sr could do it at 83, doing to for the first time at 50 should be a snap!
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crossword puzzles
Get a new hairstyle. If you still wear your hair the same way as your high school graduation picture, it’s time for a change.
Sign up with a model agency…you don’t even have to be particularly gorgeous! There are always advertisers, TV shows and movies looking for people to play bit parts. I met a 90 year old man who was still auditioning for parts and had been cast in several movies and numerous advertisements.
Travel and see the world, do all of those things that you weren’t able to do when you were younger – due to time, finances, or other obligations. Think about the one place you’ve always wanted to see and don’t wait – do it!
Get involved in an online community to save your tv program. I am currently invovled in Save Moonlight and have found friends and kindred spirits throughout the world. Laughed with them, cried with them, offered support and was given support when needed.
Take time to do all the things you have dreamed of today because you never know what tomorrow will bring.
MAybe not exactly fun, but very important to get a colonoscopyat 50 something. It can be a life saver
parasail.
you have to dance to the music
Sign up for a college or technical course that interests you–genealogy, history, current events–anything. Many schools even have special symposiums for non-degree students.
Think about what you enjoy and then act on it! Start a hobby or business you never had time for and just enjoy.
I am an artist and sell my paintings, so I guess that is a small business.
If you’ve ever had the writing bug (like me), enter a short fiction, short non-fiction, or poetry contest. There are many out there and most entrants are younger, so our perspective is a bit more unique and anyway, they say to write what you know, and look how much we now know!
Play the Nintendo DS games to help keep your mind sharp.
Take time every day to realize how blessed you are to be here.
read a good book
fly never have
Race a gokart. Try to win.
Not fun, but execute or update your will.
Learn how to Cross Stitch!
Travel abroad. Now is the time to see the world and experience the wonder of different cultures and cuisine.
Start a garden, there is a lot to learn through trial and error and fellow gardeners love to talk gardening, you may make some new friends.
Volunteer somewhere new. If you already do this, find somewhere else, if you don’t try and find some group or somewhere you can help. Gleaning is fun, girl scouts, and all kinds of other places need people.
Join a bookclub.
Just relax
I love Barnes and Noble and Borders and have spent lots of time there. At my age reading is a pleasure!
Thank you for having this contest. I really appreciate it.
Make fitness a priority and eat ice cream at least once a week. Help others!
At 50 start putting yourself first for a change and have some fun doing things you always wanted to do.
accept yourself as you are. forgive yourself for not being what you thought you might be. i wish i could have done that sooner
Gardening! Gardening! Gardening!
Try a new activity, like skiing!
ride a roller coaster with your children or grandchildren.
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Start a scrapbook for you or your family. Include photos, memorabilia, stories and anything that will help future generations understand how you lived.
like to win this
Finally conquer my fear of horses and go riding on the beach
have fun with the grandkids, they will make you feel young.
lol to all
retire and start my own bookstore
Skydive!!!
Teach someone to read, give time
only 50???? get real
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I’m going to say that volunteering somewhere for something you’re passionate about doing is a great idea. It’s a good way to socialize, help others, and do some good for something you care about.
I have always loved to read and spent lots of time at both stores.
Learn to play a muscial instrument.
Subscribe to season tickets for your local orchestra, ballet or theatre.
Form a book club.
Seize each opportunity and live in the moment.
Exercise!!
Find something that you always wanted to do and do it!!!
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Join a gym. Lifting weights is good for maintaining bone strength. Not many of us “50’s” girls do our regular exercise! REALLY : )
Painting! Painting classes are fun and what an enjoyable hobby!
Go on a bus trip for the day.
Go on a bus day trip.
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Well, not sure about what you want comments on but the over-50 crowd should truly look into what sort of adult education programs are offered in their area. I was surprised to find things from cooking to Real Estate to languages to reading groups.
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learn to ride a motorcycle!
Buy a share of stock in a local company so you can go to the shareholder meeting. Ask a question.
follow your passion…..find your passion…..be your passion……
Relax, take a cruise, and enjoy life! You’ve earned it!
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Being a 50 Something is a great time of life.
write stories about your grandkids
Read all the books you never had time to read.
Terrific
My husband is teaching me how to watch golf. We both know playing the game is well beyond my talents or desires…
Take the vacation you’ve always dreamed of…like the trip I’m taking to Italy next year!
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Do whatever your heart desires! Take a walk on the beach, skydive, take a cruise! Just do it now!
try a new hobby
I’d like to learn to swim. I never learned as a kid. I know it’s good exercise and it’s just something I’ve always regretted not knowing how to do.
Go visit your long lost cousins…you would be surprised at jpw much you have in common.
Enjoy life, run, play tennis, etc. — while you can.
Count me in
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My grandchildren read everyday
Grow your own organic vegetables in a square foot garden.
Spend time with your family! Enjoy the grandchildren!
FInally go someplace you always wanted to, like we are going on a cruise to Alaska.
Learn how to play a musical instrument.
Try kite surfing!
Exercise 30 minutes a day
Go camping and enjoy relaxing and a nice campfire in the evening.
I would love this. I would choose Borders. Thank you so much for the opportunity!
enter me
Go back to school, get a degree, travel!
Pick me
Make a list of all the classic literature you wish you’d read. Then start reading it, one book at a time.
Read War & Peace, finally!
Anything green gets a lot of attention these days. Organic gardening, recycling, reusing things (crafts from trash lol).
Start on the reading list that was requested for college admittance.
Finally start doing that “scrapbooking” you’ve been hearing about.
hope I’m putting this in the right place…….
get an iPod……load it up…and REALLY LISTEN to and ENJOY the music!
I am just starting to enjoy life at 50 – you just don’t care about things like you did at 30. It’s nice.
Go fishing! It’s the most wonderful hobby in the world.
Join a garden club to meet more people.
Take a water aerobics class at a local community center or college. It will make you feel like a million bucks and will keep you in good health!
Please enter me into the contest. A new adventure for me was learning to make jewelry and floral arrangement classes. Not only were thry fun filled but very useful and got to meet and know many other people. Thanks for the giveaway!
Visit a nearby theme park & ride all of the roller coasters. And ride your favorite one twice!
Volunteer with a group that you feel is important to you. There are so many groups that could really use an extra pair of hands.
make crafts andsell on etsy.com
my mom would love this
Take a dance class, be it ball room, swing, line dancing, salsa…anything. Have fun!
Take a trip to the zoo!
Please enter me.
Try your hand at writing a poem or a story
Set up a badminton net and have at it. That is the most fun!
Keep your mind active by solving a daily puzzle, a crossword, a logic puzzle, a sudoko puzzle, anything!
Start writing a bucket list! haha
I want to go hiking in Alaska.
Buy a new car.
finally get in shape!
Do a tandem skydive!
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Make a list of what you have done your first 50 years then make a new list for the next 50 years and start with #1 and just get out there and do it!
Sing! Join a barbershop chorus. It’s very energizing!
I’d spend much more time with my grandchildren. I am currently teaching them to draw and paint.
Stop reading the sports page and start reading the health section. You may be able to avoid some illness with lifestyle choices.
start that small business you always dreamt of
how about swimming with the dolphins that is so amazing at any age
Keep a running list of movies you want to see or books you want to read in your spare time. I find that if someone suggests something to me and I don’t write it down right away I tend to forget the name of the book or movie.
teach someone to read
Plant flowers at the community center or help a less well off family plant a garden so they will have fresh vegetables.
Live and love life
There are so many books I would like.
Take a cruise to Alaska.
enjoy yourself
Tandem Skydive
Travel as much as possible while you’re still able.
Reconnect with old friends. I mean really old friends…start tracking down the people you went to elementry school with and compile of list of “where are they now.” The trip down memory lane can help you remember who you used to be…and who you wanted to grow up to be.
start a small side business to bring in that “rainy day” money that will be needed for all of the traveling we want to do as we retire.
Buy a Wii and get fit in the comfort of your home. I do not do gyms, so this would be a great alternative. You can do what you want, when you want and the choices of activities are only limited by your pocketbook. Thanks for the chance to win!
Let the child within you play. Be spontaneous take advantage of the freedom to do what you want to do, and no longer have to do what you ‘need’ to do.
Go for a hot air balloon ride – very fun! Thanks for the contest.
at 50 something I plan to run for a Mrs. America contest
Give your greatgrandchildren memories of you while you can.
Learn to crochet.
Start sweepstaking or ebaying. I turned 50 the last of May and just started both and am having a ball with it. Also, instead of sitting around crying over turning 50 (which is what I expected), life is actually better. Its just me and my husband at home..no stress..its great! So I guess what I would add to 50 things to do at 50 something is——–Do ANYTHING you want because you deserve it!
Don’t forget to live every moment, this life is not a practice.
Start a blog!
write a blook!
take up photography
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Start a family tree. Basic genealogical research is not that difficult with so much available online. If you’re really fortunate, you still have elderly relatives who can fill in some of the missing pieces. Leave some history for those who follow you!
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