http://hotflashartist.com Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:51:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en      College after 40, her first book after 40, speaking engagements, lots of traveling and art... and Carol D. O'Dell says she's only just begun.  I've recently been lucky to interview Carol and for those considering a mid-life career change here is your inspiration.      Carol graduated (with her husband) from Jacksonville ... http://hotflashartist.com/2008/10/22/carol-d-odell/ Since I've started Hot Flash Artist I've been in touch with some amazing women who've made the transition to a creative life after years of corporate work, or raising their kids....in other words, they're making their living doing what makes them happy. Starting with my next post I'll be featuring ... http://hotflashartist.com/2008/10/20/meet-the-artists/ Okay, so it's all good and fine to have a website, with a blog, and a link to a shop over at Etsy, but how about taking things to the next level? My daughter is a fan of Mika and has got me hooked on his music. She just showed me ... http://hotflashartist.com/2008/07/03/lesson-from-mika/ A study posted at LiveScience tells us that although happiness is on the rise worldwide, the baby-boomers are a gloomy bunch. I'm so glad I'm a Gen X'er at heart. A survey released last week found one reason America doesn't top the list: Baby Boomers are generally miserable compared to other generations. ... http://hotflashartist.com/2008/07/02/in-the-flow/ With thirty-years of on-and-off piano teaching experience behind me, I've had my fair share of overly cautious and perfectionist adult piano students. Now, as I'm looking forward to taking a new career path (or paths) I can understand just what sort of baggage those adult students were bringing to their lessons ... http://hotflashartist.com/2008/07/01/baggage/ Penelope Trunk has posted an online quiz she put together with Margaret Weigel, Project Specialist on Digital Media for Project Zero at Harvard's Graduate School of Education. According to Trunk, Weigel suggests... “We should not judge people rigidly by the years they were born,” she says, “If we want to define people by ... http://hotflashartist.com/2008/06/30/baby-boomer-maybe-not/