IntroductionPersonal lifestyle choices can be influenced by family of origin, peers, social movements, and global revolutions, and can have a positive or negative impact throughout one's life. A COUPLE OF PHRASES THAT DEFINE THE LIFE COURSE PERSPECTIVE AND HOW/WHY IT IS USEFUL FOR UNDERSTANDING OLDER ADULTS. Based on an in-depth qualitative interview, this paper will include an analysis of lifestyle choices and trajectories, particularly how human agency and cohort effects, have influenced the life course of my interviewee Chris (Christine ). Possessing excellent health for his age group, Chris will soon retire. With a chronological age of 68, he attributes his functional age of 30 to his genetic makeup and lifestyle. Her mother, Gladys, now 93, can still bend over and, without assistance, reach her toes with her fingers. And I'm sure Chris can do the same. Transition here. Chris herself did not believe in the American diet, claiming it is the reason so many people are sick. You think that American multinationals don't care about people's health, but only about profit. Chris believes that more and more people are becoming aware of and resistant to a conspiracy of commercial agriculture and government agencies. Phrase about how this is an example of the common thread that runs through Chris's entire life: the search for an alternative lifestyle. Presentation and analysis Born in 1946, into a Polish-Catholic family, Chris was the second of four children. His sister Cathy is five years older than Chris, while his two brothers are four and nine years younger than Chris. Families with three to five children were a feature of the Silent Generation, as they were established before the advancement of reproductive technology… middle of the paper… Consumer spending. Retrieved from http://www.bls.gov/opub/uscs/Crouter, A.C., Perry-Jenkins, M., & Repetti, R. (2000) Work and family: A ten-year review. Journal of Marriage and Family, 62(4), 981-998.Hipple S., Mosisa, A. (2006). Trends in labor force participation in the United States. Monthly Labor Review, 129 (10), 35-57Rampton, M. (Fall 2008). The three waves of feminism. The journal of Pacific University, vol.41 (2). Private from http://www.pacificu.edu/magazine_archives/2008/fall/echoes/feminism.cfmSchulman, B. J. (2001). The Seventies: The Great Change in American Culture, Society, and Politics. New York: The Free PressShiono, P.J., Quinn, L.S. (1994). Epidemiology of divorce: children of divorce. The future of children vol. 4, no. 1Quadagno, J. (2013). Aging and the Life Course: An Introduction to Social Gerontology, 6th Edition. Kindle edition.