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Travel When You’re Old

I read lots and lots of blogs about how you should ‘travel while you’re young’, which implies that traveling as an older person is not something that most folks can (or should) do. It logically follows that traveling young is what you do ‘before life starts’. As the typical Western narrative tells it, “be crazy and adventurous when you are young, then settle down to a ‘normal’ life, raise a family and perhaps squeeze in some time near the end for a last chance at reliving your ‘glory days’.” To a certain extent, that’s a true story – if you believe…

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Retirement Is Not For Me

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People tend to segment their lives into manageable portions that allow them to see where they are along life’s journey.  The brackets are different depending on your culture, but generally fall into something like “school age”, “young adult”, “career”, “retirement” and eventually some sort of wrap up of the whole game.  This system is pretty convenient as it dictates how to assess our situation and act at a certain point in your life, knowing where you are on that timeline. You may be broke after college, but that is okay because the career portion is coming up and that is where…

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Not Lucky

It is rare to have a day pass that someone does not say “oh, you’re so lucky” or “livin’ the dream” to us. Typically, we nod and acknowledge their compliment with a mock toast or a knowing grin. It is only when we get the ‘Oh I wish I could do that, but…” that I generally answer with one short, somewhat terse response, “Then do”. What follows is a litany of reasons that justify why they are trapped in their world. In the past, I have tried to give a few words of wisdom to help those few who actually…

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