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The Retirement Newsletter: Are you a Boomerist?
Welcome
Welcome to issue -66, where I ask — are you a boomerist?
The chances are you are not a boomerist because if you are reading a retirement newsletter, you are most probably of the generation ‘baby boomer’ and so are a boomer. Let me explain.
What is a boomer?
Back in issue -91 — I am not a baby boomer — I wrote about the different generations:
“ The Lost Generation — 1883 to 1900 — so-called because of the First World War. This generation would have been between 14 and 30 at the start of the war and thus likely to have served. The generation represents a 17-year spread.
The Greatest Generation — 1901 to 1927 — this generation would have generally been too young to serve in the First World War or not have been born. They would have likely served in the Second World War. The Greatest Generation shows a 26-year spread.
The Silent Generation — 1928 to 1945 — unlikely to have been involved in the Second World War, as they were either too young or born during the war. The generation represents a 17-year spread.
