Welcome to the One Thought Podcast, where we’re reinventing midlife one thought at a time. I’m your host Lori Osterberg, and together we’ll discover a new way to think about what it means to reinvent ourselves for a vibrant, and successful second act. A few years ago, on my fiftieth birthday, I started looking back […]

I started a post a few days ago. I’ve morphed the title several times. I’ve deleted, added, and changed more of the copy then I’ve ever done before. Welcome to the new world. The world of uncertainty. The world where the questions you had even yesterday no longer seem to apply. And yet they do. […]

Goals can be placed in three separate categories: Easy goals Challenging goals Impossible goals Easy goals are what we accomplish every day. I set a goal to finish my laundry today, and guess what? I accomplished it. Easy goals are so ingrained in our lives, we sometimes don’t even think about them. In midlife, we’ve […]

I needed a new car. Okay, that’s not exactly true. I wanted a new car. I live in a town where I rarely use my vehicle. In five minutes, I can walk to my favorite grocery store, restaurants I love, several shops I buy everything I need, a drug store, and even the post office. […]

I don’t eat out much. It comes with the territory when you live on an entirely plant-based diet. It’s just easier to cook so you know where your food comes from. But Portland is a foodie community, and there are a lot of plant-based options. If we’re out and about, running errands, occasionally we’ll stop […]

Let me ask you a question. What if someone right now, told you all the answers to your reinvention questions existed in a little place called Sucre, Bolivia. You should travel there immediately, and your plan will magically fall into place. You’ll find your passion. You’ll learn what you’re supposed to do with your second […]

“Imagine a world where you didn’t spend your entire life trying to stay young.” Where do I sign up for that world, please? I’ve been a proponent on the pro-aging movement for a long time. Because the alternative of not aging isn’t so good. I’ve experienced it first hand when my father died at the […]

We’re living in tumultuous times. But I don’t have to tell you that. I know you’ll agree. 2019 wasn’t the first year of pure crazy. But for me, 2019 was a year I started coming to terms with it. On a personal level, it was a great year. I traveled all over the world. My […]

Goals. That’s a concept we all understand. We set goals in every aspect of our lives. Many years ago, I picked up a book by Chris Guillebeau and fell in love with his approach to travel. Chris didn’t set up a simple goal to travel more. He didn’t set up a bucket list to cities […]