How old are you … ? Yikes … the question itself sends ripples up and down some spines. Not mine though … in fact I leap to the challenge of being born with boomers … between 1946 and 1964. Admit to being one of us … and we’ll know you too fall between 42 and 60 age category today.

Tell us more though. Are you one of the 75 million boomers in the U.S who make up about 29% of the U.S. and or one of the 29% of the total population in the UK who qualify as boomers … or one of the 6 million in Canada? You may have barely made it in … along with George Bush and Bill Clinton … both born in 1946….be a newly wed as Prince Charles is… or you could be a young boomer … along with Tony Blair who was born in 1953.

Ok, let’s change the question … and add a prize …. What advice would a ten-year-older-you give to increase your quality of life ten years from today? Squeeze your answer into 250 words … increase our quality of life through your wisdom or wit and you win!

If you’re one of the boomers who plans never to retire … or who find themselves comfortable at the forefront of social change … then perhaps an older you would redefine the meaning of retirement for the rest of us. Tell us how … sketch your ideas for practical or humorous benefits that build a better world.

It’s fun to launch this new blog by getting your wit and wisdom in on the challenges and opportunities of ‘old age.’ Together, let’s look at how new ideas about an aging brain can help to fuel boomers’ challenge to traditional assumptions about older age. We do that best when we embrace a new quality of life … by living and sharing extravagant realities … with the brain in mind.

The race is on. Winner gets the game … Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day … a game that keeps your brain sharp … and which can be quite addictive. This popular game is inspired by Dr. Ryuta Kawashima, a well known and respected Japanese neuroscientist. His goal in creating the game was to… “elevate the impact of performing certain reading and mathematic exercises to help stimulate the brain.” I think it also comes with boomers in mind, but you don’t have to be a boomer to win.

The rules are quite simple:
1. Comment at this site that you are interested and tell us why
2. Mail entry of no more than 250 words to PO Box 347 Pittsford NY
3. All essay entries become property of www.Brainboomer.com
4. Content ends Nov. 1 and winner is announced on Nov 30
5. Winner story will be published on this site in early Dec.
6. Winners can be any age over 18.

Ready …set…go …!