How Women Over 50 Can Launch a New Career on Cruise Ships
Fabafterfifty: Lifestyle
With so many options available to us at this exciting stage of our lives- how do we make the best of them.
Do we take up brand new interests or return to those we had little time for earlier ? We can revisit how we see our working lives – do we return to work, change careers, set up new businesses? How do we go about it? What about money? Have we made the right decisions to give ourselves a secure future?
Our experts and guest contributors are on hand to help us through all these areas.
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Guest article by Jessica Suter If you are thinking about a midlife career change and love travel, then why not consider working on a cruise ship? Working on a cruise ship comes with the benefits of travel and new experiences. Women over the age of 50 can choose from a number of career options within the cruise industry. Careers for Travel explain what these jobs are and which skills you need to succeed. Cruise Job Opportunities for Mature Women The best career opportunities on cruise ships for women are the jobs that entitle the crewmember to have their own cabin, have flexible hours and have officer status (meaning more benefits). Here are some of those jobs. Future Cruise Sales Manager – Each cruise ship has a person that is responsible for selling future cruises to the passengers. An understanding of the fleet’s itineraries, proven sales experience and public speaking skills...
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How much time will you spend on your phone or computer screen on Christmas Day?
Article by Fabafterfifty Will you see Christmas Day as one to spend with the family away from technology, or will catching up with friends and family to share your Christmas news on Facebook or Twitter be part of your Christmas Day? The average Brit will spend over two hours glued to a phone or computer screen this Christmas Day, it emerged yesterday. Nearly half of the 2,000 Brits questioned will check their emails on the big day, while time on Facebook, surfing the web and shopping online will feature heavily amid festivities. Going on iTunes to use gift vouchers, downloading apps instead of watching endless repeats on TV and even looking up the value of gifts will also be commonplace, it emerged. Updating Facebook status on Christmas Day One in three plan to update their Facebook status or ‘tweet’ on Christmas Day, six in ten will shoot video and snap...
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If you have grown up children, where do you prefer to spend Christmas Day?
Article by Fabafterfifty A third of British mums don’t enjoy Christmas if they go to their children’s house for the day, it was revealed yesterday. The findings emerged in a study of 739 mothers with grown-up children, and shows that many would prefer to host the big day themselves, believing they could do a better job. Fourteen per cent of mums were fed up with twiddling their thumbs all day long and the same percentage were annoyed that they weren’t allowed to help out in the kitchen. One in 10 even said the food simply wasn’t up to scratch, and definitely did not meet their own personal standards. A spokeswoman for Co-Operative Foods, said: “Mums generally love Christmas because it’s the one time of year when the whole family can get together, and the focal point of the whole day is the Christmas meal, which is why is why if...
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‘Tis the Season to be happy
Article by By Lisa McCourt It’s the Hap-Happiest Season of All… (But No Pressure) ‘Tis the season to be jolly, right? So if you’re not, what the heck is wrong with you? The biggest contributor to the holiday blues is the inescapable expectation that we’re supposed to be extra joy-filled this time of year. Every freaking movie, commercial, and song is reminding us to feel ecstatically happy, loving, giving, and generous toward everyone we encounter. But what if we aren’t authentically feeling that way and we hadn’t noticed it until “the season” brought that to our attention? We want to feel grateful for all we have, and excited about the promise of a new year. All these expectations bring up the one question we can easily avoid asking ourselves during all those other less-festive seasons: Am I happy? Most people get a tiny bit uncomfortable with the question. Maybe they...
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Make 2012 Your Best Year Yet! Age with Attitude special offer for Fabafterfifty readers
Offer from Lindsey Agness Are you serious about your own personal development in 2012? If you are then this is an offer that you should READ! Age with Attitude is a unique personal development programme for mid-life women that is all about successful long-term change. It’s 10 days of workshops over 10 months with you meeting with other like-minded women in January, March, June and September. The whole process is led by Lindsey Agness, international trainer and author of four best-selling books about how to change. The first event ‘I Live My Life On Purpose’ kicks off from the 13 – 15th January in Kent. Visit www.agewithattitude.co.uk for more details. Take that first step towards changing your life The normal price of £2000 + VAT is reduced to £995 + VAT for followers of Fab after Fifty. This is a one off never to be repeated offer! Interest-free payment plans...
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The Stress Guru – reach 2012 stress free- Top Tips 12 – 14
Article by Carole Spiers Carole continues her countdown to the New Year, to help us all reach 2012 stress free! Monday 19th December: Entertaining at home? Have you got in everything you need? Try and avoid the queues to save your stress levels. Shop early is the key to good stress management. Tuesday 20th December: First class post. This is your last date to ensure delivery by Christmas. Get writing those last minute cards. You have no time to waste! And don’t forget that ecards or epostcards are a great way of keeping in touch. Wednesday 21st December: Clear the house. Tidy your office at home. Tidy the kitchen and the living room and your bedroom wardrobes. If you have not worn something for over two years – it is time to take it to the charity shop! Decluttering can make you feel really good and have you ready for...
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Superwoman – How to Avoid Burning The Christmas Dinner-Give Yourself A Massage
Guest Article By Ntathu Allen Its Christmas Day and you are stressed. You have been up since morning preparing lunch and your guests are due to arrive any minute now; and to cap it all you still have to finish making the bread sauce and add the finishing touches to the dining table. Why is it that the one day of the year when you are supposed to be relaxed, jolly and merry you always end up, in a sweat basting the turkey and vowing..Next year it will be different, next year you will be organised…no, better still next year you will demand to be whisked away to somewhere exotic and spend Christmas waited on in a sunny lagoon…now that sounds bliss… But for now, you are stressed, anxious and tried. How can you look radiant, glowing and merry when your mind is on over drive and you know, your...
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Stress Guru’s Countdown for the New Year Tips 8-11 for the weekend
Article by Carole Spiers Friday 16th December: Second class post. This is your last day to ensure delivery by Christmas. If you miss it, you always send an ecard. Not quite the same but people will know that you have remembered them. Saturday 17th December: The last weekend before Christmas. Have you got to attend a children’s carol concert or nativity play next week? Make sure you can make-up any lost time at work so you are not stressed-out by it. Schedule it into your diary. Sunday 18th December: Is your central heating working? Have you renewed your service contract for your central heating boiler. Do it tomorrow before it goes wrong over Christmas and costs you a fortune to get it fixed over the holidays!
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Top 10 places to visit in Mallorca – the side of Mallorca most rarely see
Article by Kay Newton The Mallorca Many Don’t See . Its coming up to Christmas and as the cold weather hits we begin to think of warmer climes and hot sunny holidays. Here at can Jaume, we often begin receiving inquiries for our holiday guest house about this time. Perhaps now that you are Fabulous after Fifty, and you are thinking of a holiday abroad, it’s time to see a different side to a favorite holiday destination. I have lived in Mallorca for the past twenty six years. Living on the small island in the Mediterranean has many advantages, having a guest house often highlights the very best points, we absolutely love telling our guests about things that the majority of visitors to the island never get to see. Mallorca is just not ‘Shagalluf’ and we really love the fact that few people ever get any further than the coast...
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What hidden gems do you have in your wardrobe? An interview with Tracy Martin
Article by Ceri Wheeldon We all have that much loved dress tucked away in the back of our wardrobes that we just can’t bear to part with. Apart from any sentimental value it might have- it may just be ‘collectable’ as well. In her book Collectable Names and Designs in Women’s Fashion, Past and Present, Tracy Martin takes us on a trip down memory lane as she explores how events of the day have influenced fashion, and the inspiration behind some of the most iconic designs. Packed full of great photos, the book is a delight for anyone woman with an interest in style, and the stories behind the clothes we wear. I caught up with Tracy Martin and asked her to shed a little more light on her book. Tracy, what are your favourite decades in terms of fashion? My favourite style decades are the 1920s and 1960s. Being...
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