How This Started

I’m Lou Derrer, founder of Boundless Aging. The idea behind it came from something I kept seeing again and again. Most of us put a lot of thought into other areas of life, like career, family, and finances, but very little into how we want to age.

Over the past eight years, I’ve worked in fitness, nutrition, lifestyle design, and retirement transitions. And in that time, I kept seeing the same thing. People had good intentions. What they lacked was a clear way to step back, look honestly at where they were, and decide how they actually wanted the years ahead to unfold.

And that’s what many people do. They wait. Tell themselves they’ll get to it later. Hope things will work out. And in the meantime, their habits, routines, relationships, and daily choices are quietly shaping the future they’ll end up living.

Boundless Aging exists to change that. It’s a community initiative for adults 55+ who want to be more intentional about how they age and more proactive about protecting the quality of life that matters most to them.

Some people join because they want to make personal changes in a more thoughtful and structured way. Others are drawn to the encouragement, accountability, and connection that comes with doing it alongside other people. Most want both.

The work is organized around a practical framework called the 12 Foundations — areas of daily life that have the biggest influence on how we feel, function, and move forward. They’re not rigid rules or one-size-fits-all prescriptions. They’re guideposts that give your thinking structure without pressure, and they sit at the heart of the Aging by Design program.

If you’ve been thinking more seriously about the years ahead, and know you don’t want to leave them entirely to chance, you’re in the right place.