Gen X at 60
We’re Ken and Jim—two of the first Gen Xers to turn 60—and this milestone is pushing us to ask questions we’ve never asked before. About aging. About identity. About what we’re still becoming.
In Gen X at 60, we talk about the things we never talked about—not with each other, and maybe not even with ourselves. From ambition and adventure to friendship, legacy, lust, and eldership, we explore what it really means to grow older when you’re part of the generation raised to figure it out alone.
Our professional careers have centered around communication, emotional intelligence, and learning—so we’re wired for deep conversations. But we also bring humor, perspective, and a willingness to wrestle with what’s still unfolding. This isn’t advice. It’s not nostalgia. It’s a conversation we hope you will join—as these two Gen Xers shape what 60 means for us, instead of inheriting what it meant for everyone else.
Gen X at 60
Reclaiming Relevance
What does it mean to stay relevant as we age — and who gets to decide?
In this conversation with guest Coralie Hooper, we crack open the cultural conditioning that taught us to “look the part” to earn our place, especially at work.
We reflect on the visual and behavioral rules we learned — especially as Gen Xers — and ask: what happens when we stop trying to fit into someone else's version of relevance?
We touch on:
- The lingering pressure to “present” a certain way
- How our generation was trained to perform success before we truly defined it
- The quiet freedom of aging into authenticity — of choosing to whom we’re relevant
- The evolving link between relevance and self-expression
It’s part nostalgia, part reckoning, and all about reclaiming relevance on our own terms.
