Midlife Credo Blog
10 Ways to Be Happy in Midlife
Midlife hit me like a brick. In May of 2018 my second-to-oldest son, Samson, graduated from high school. Just as turning 29 shook me to the core, but turning 30 was a relative breeze, this latest second-to-last moment in my life felt like the end of the world. I'm not...
Soldier Hollow Tubing Adventure
It's true. For so many years I have been the one to stay home. On purpose. By choice. Going out and doing fun things was awkward, embarrassing, and (very honestly) just trying to figure out what to wear made it too much trouble. Today (yes, today!) we took three of...
Can You Lose Weight After Menopause? How I Lost 50 Pounds at 55!
Yes. In one word, the answer is a resounding YES! But…not without some changes in your lifestyle and some effort. If you aren't willing to do those things, just head back to the fridge and enjoy yourself! Eat massive quantities of chocolate for me!...
Can You Whiten Your Yellow Teeth at Home?
Do you have yellow middle-aged teeth? Do your teeth make you look older than you are? When I first got on Instagram, I noticed a marked difference between many of my fellow midlifers and all the young social media influencers. I'm not talking about our amazing wisdom...
Easy Midlife Goal Setting Plus Resources
It's a new year and a new decade! This year has been rough for me in many ways. In the grand scope of history, I cannot complain about my general life. Even in the grand scope of modern American life, I have so much to be grateful for. I know this intellectually....
Holiday Music for Christmas – 1 Hour plus Video
I was planning to take today off from the YouTube weekly grind, but yesterday I decided to give you a gift instead. was planning to take Christmas week off from the YouTube weekly grind, but yesterday I decided to give you a gift instead. You can just play this...
Peloton Exercise Bike Commercial Outrage!
The new Peloton exercise bicycle commercial is, apparently, the most sexist, body-shaming thing to hit the airwaves since Harvey Weinstein did the Harvey Weinstein. Or something. https://youtu.be/Yi06BnlwZzM After watching the offending advertisement, I wracked my...
Joe Biden’s Losing It – Someone Help!
Is Joe Biden’s memory failing? After the Biden leg hair debacle video surfaced—and so many other super cringe moments—I honestly have to ask if he’s got some kind of dementia or other serious aging issue. Usually I’m good for a joke at the expense of a political...
Light the World Giving Machine – Buy a Cow – 2019
This is our third year vlogging the #LIGHTtheWORLD vending machine reveal event. The first year, to be completely honest, I didn't get it. You go to a vending machine and buy something the charity will give to someone in need? Would this really work? Would people do...
iPhone 11 Pro Max Unboxing
Today I opened my new iPhone 11 Pro Max with all the cameras and crazy things. Generally we wait two years between upgrades and then pass our old cameras down to the kids, but we had two kids on the verge of a cell phone catastrophe, so the urgency pushed us to do it...
OK Boomer – Come Up with an Actual Argument
Recently a millennial acquaintance proudly posted on Facebook that he had done his weekly quota of "adulting" by…wait for it…filling out his FAFSA forms. In other words, he was claiming adulthood because he had petitioned the government to have taxpayers pay for his...
South Jordan Fun: Labyrinth, Airborne, and Golden Axe
Sometimes we stroll through art museums and attend live theatrical performances. But our free-time leisure is becoming more active and fun than ever. This week we attended the pre-opening event at South Jordan Fun. They treated us to a private evening of trampoline...