Wit & Wisdom with Tom Greene

Nobody wants to suffer at the end of their life, especially me. But is Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) the solution?  Last year 60K people voluntarily ended their life in Canada. That seems like an awful lot to me. A number of US states are following the lead. Several now have laws that allow for your doctor to end your life. This is a tough subject but one that deserves a lot of debate and discernment.

Twenty five years ago Robert Putnam noticed something odd. More people were bowling, but fewer people were bowling in group leagues. But, why?  The answer has to do with a gigantic sociological shift towards aloneness. And that was before the pandemic, work from home, videoconferencing, the iPhone and the Peloton. It's crazy how far ahead of his time he was. And now 25 years later he's looking like a modern-day Nostradamus.  

My Dad used to say that nothing in life is free.  He was right. So many things we used to hold dear to us are now free. And you and I both know that nothing of any real value is given for free. So what am I talking about? You'll have to tune in to find out. 

It's been a confusing time to be a young adult. The pandemic and all the various social movements of the past few years has made it hard to be a kid. Record number of college freshman couldn't or wouldn't identify their gender. By 2022 and 2023 the numbers exploded. But then something strange happened in 2025. You'll have to listen to find out what it is. 

Are you in the second half of life? Are you struggling to find your purpose in life now that things have settled down?  Given the abundance of opportunities available, we can often feel overwhelmed or uninspired. Like having 500 channels on TV and nothing to watch. There's an answer to this dilemma but you'll have to listen to find out what it is. 

Our young adults appear to be delaying or avoiding marriage and/or having children. Why?  Well, it might have something to do with the financial crisis they were raised in or serving as the lab rats in the worlds largest study on technology-funded by social media. Or it could be that all the gender stuff over the past few years just downright confused them. Any of these could be the culprit. Let's dive in to find out. 

Today we're having a conversation about something we'll all need at some point in our lives: resilience. Why?  Because regardless of your income, your position in life or your age, resilience is usually in short supply. We all have those moments where life takes your breath away. It's at that point that you'll need to lean on your own resilience. Here are three ways resilient people rely on three habits. And, I'm going to tell you what they are. 

I wrote another letter to myself. Yeah, I know, but I promise this is the last one.  My 80 year old self wanted to give my "younger self" some advice. Just a few adjustments today will make all the difference tomorrow. Some good wisdom here. Hope you enjoy. 

Remember when summer days as a kid used to crawl by?  And the summer felt like it'd last forever?  Yet today it seems as if the days, weeks and even years just fly by. I often wonder if adulthood and technology changed our perspective on time.  Listen to find out. 

There's a lot of noise on the inter webs about the state of our finances in the US. Specifically, younger Americans are complaining about the deck being stacked against them. Home prices are sky high, interest rates are crazy high and the boomers and squatting on all the good homes--just waiting to fleece money out of the Gen Z'ers. But, is it true?  Maybe we need to take a stroll down memory lane and see how people lived before everyone wanted to be a Kardashian.