So, you (the collective objective \u201cyou\u201d) want to do better \u2026 if you\u2019re a relatively decent person.\u00a0
If not, please \u2026 continue tripping along the methpath.\u00a0 Toothless and ruthless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyhoo, saw a statistic\/prediction(?) regarding investments, and if a person starts investing in stocks, bonds, and other financial whatnot with the first paying job\/gig, finances will be looking quite lovely in just 20 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
20. Years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But see, back in the dim dark days of my early working life living was the priority, not the future, and methinks me not the only then-young person who felt\/thought\/acted that way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The future is not set. So why worry?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because it is more likely that eventually you will get there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The future is now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s why insurance actuarial tables set premiums for the youngest so low.\u00a0 Not likely to die in one\u2019s 20s or 30s or even 40s, if comparatively healthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So \u2026 live in the present, learn from the past, and plan for the future.
Better to have it when need it than not. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And what\u2019s the one thing that everyone wants, everyone has, feels there is too much and will eventually run out? Time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is a lesson I wish my younger self had appreciated. Well, not dead yet so guess never too old to stop learning. Unless Alzheimer\u2019s, and then \u2026 well. Yeh. Bill got that right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The debt owed to self is to value the time given, so best use what you have well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n GOD isn\u2019t making any more. {Psalms 90:4<\/em>}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Have to admit: never thought I\u2019d make it to this age. Lived pretty reckless as a \u201cyout.\u201d\u00a0 Live fast, die young, not sure how good-looking the corpse would have been but death is indiscriminate.\u00a0 Bloated, black, and gassy all. Never thought I\u2019d have kids (a kid) either, so there\u2019s that. And one thing children give … <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moneyaintmath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Utermohlen.jpg?resize=640%2C492&ssl=1\")
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