![]() I know, we have so many reasons not to use hearing aids-they’re uncomfortable. A writer and colleague of mine, Jenny Boylan, recently pointed out a quandary of our times: Why is it that devices to keep us from being blind are celebrated as fashion, but devices to keep us from going deaf are considered embarrassing and uncool? In my mid-50s, I’d moved on to progressives, and I spent the big bucks to get a pair. When you need help, get help.Īt 45, I needed reading glasses, and I got them. I still have the email she sent, which ended with “LOL.” To Mom, LOL always meant “lots of love.” 2. We knew she’d never master it, but Mom took great pleasure in telling all her friends that we’d given her that device. I remember the birthday when she asked my siblings and me for a Kindle. Look, I’m right there with you, but I know I have to keep plugging away so I don’t get left behind as, what my “AppleBuddy” (a young tech wizard) called me not long ago, “ancient history.” For instance, my mom struggled with her devices. Our fumbling with new devices, operating systems, QR codes, and social media platforms is what truly marks us as Luddites. ![]() ![]() These days, new almost always means tech. We don’t just need to drop outdated practices we need to embrace-or at least learn-new ones. “Our fumbling with new devices, operating systems, QR codes, and social media platforms is what truly marks us as Luddites.” ![]() But then that extra space stands out like the parting of the Red Sea.” My co-author admits, “I do it so automatically that I don’t realize it until I see a printout. But here’s the point: Nothing shouts that you’re old-or stuck in your ways-more than that double-space. Let me be brutally honest: It’s hard for Boomers to retrain our brains to do that. That means there’s no reason to double-space anymore. But for a long time now, computers use what are called “proportionally spaced fonts,” which means the spacing is adjusted to the size of the letter. Thanks to Grandma Marian, my typing teacher, the rule became embedded in my DNA. That way you could see where the next sentence began. Now, here’s the double-space problem: I’m 63, and like almost everyone in my generation, I learned to type on a manual typewriter, always inserting a double-space after a period. Okay, I know that seems highly specious, but this “stupid thing” is actually a proxy for, “Don’t become a Luddite.” I’m not saying that you need to become an IT expert or develop apps in your spare time, but we do need a basic proficiency to use our smart phones, watch our smart TVs, read on our Kindles, and to post, tweet, stream, SMS-even TikTok! Listen to the audio version-read by Steven himself-in the Next Big Idea App. In his new book, Petrow analyzes how his parents approached aging, and teaches himself (and us) how to be better at growing old.īelow, Steven shares 5 key insights from his new book, Stupid Things I Won’t Do When I Get Old: A Highly Judgmental, Unapologetically Honest Accounting of All the Things Our Elders Are Doing Wrong (available now from Amazon). He is formerly the president of The Association of LBGTQ Journalists, and his previous book was about navigating LGBT life. He’s currently an opinion columnist covering manners and civil discourse for USA Today, and his 2019 TED Talk, “3 Ways to Practice Civility” has been viewed nearly two million times and translated into 16 languages. Creativity isn’t a great trait when it comes to plan provisions.Steven Petrow is an award-winning journalist and author best known for his Washington Post and New York Times essays on aging, health, and civility. Unique plan parameters lead to more errors and some errors will cost you to fix. There are so many normal choices for plan provisions, yet being unique and creative when it comes to plan document preparation isn’t a great feature. For example, eliminating forms of compensation for purposes of an employer contribution or salary deferrals leads to many errors, as well as unique eligibility provisions and entry dates. Complex provisions on eligibility, compensation, and vesting will lead to more errors than with provisions that are in the normal realm of plan administration. The fine line between stupid and clever are plan provisions that are outside the box of normal administration. Based on what I’ve seen when it comes to plan document drafting, the line fits just based on what I’ve seen. Hubbins in the movie and co-wrote it, was not in plan administration. I can assure you that Michael McKeon who played David St. As they once said in This is Spinal Tap, there is a fine line between stupid and clever.
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