GENXFINITY MAGAZINE
Stories for the generation that still has more to give.
Is That Side Income Worth It? Count the Money and the Hours
A practical Gen X guide to side income: count expenses and unpaid hours, check taxes and scams, then test an idea before spending heavily.
Gen X and Retirement: The Real Numbers, Without the Lecture
Why retirement feels out of reach for many Gen X workers—and how to examine debt, savings, Social Security, and your next move without blame.
The Experienced Worker’s Job Search: Résumés, Interviews, and Age Bias
A practical job-search plan for experienced workers: focus your résumé, prepare interview examples, and find credible guidance on age discrimination.
Put the Phone Down. The Restaurant Still Needs You.
A customer waits. A coworker picks up the slack. Another employee keeps scrolling. After nearly four decades in food service, I’m revisiting the warning I first shared in 2017—and why attention, food safety, and leadership accountability matter more than ever. The standards we remember will only survive if we teach them to someone else.
When Home Becomes a Holding Pattern
Living with family can be a practical choice. The harder question is whether everyone has a way forward. A grounded look at shared expectations, contribution, and the conversations that help adult children and parents plan the next step.
The Career Pivot After 50: How to Move Without Starting From Zero
Your next chapter is not a reset. A practical Gen X guide to translating decades of experience into a focused, financially grounded career pivot after 50.
Walking Into the Noise
At the 2026 Startup Grind Conference, Christine Silva entered a world built around speed, visibility and constant pitching. What she discovered was not that she was too late—but that observation must eventually become participation.