On this very day some 174 years ago Thoreau pondered a related question:
"I wished for leisure and quiet to let my life flow in its proper channels, with its proper currents; when I might not waste the days, might establish daily prayer and thanksgiving in my family; might do my own work and not the work of Concord and Carlisle, which would yield me better than money."
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On this very day some 174 years ago Thoreau pondered a related question:
"I wished for leisure and quiet to let my life flow in its proper channels, with its proper currents; when I might not waste the days, might establish daily prayer and thanksgiving in my family; might do my own work and not the work of Concord and Carlisle, which would yield me better than money."
—Journal, December 12, 1851
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Not saving and investing until my mid-thirties. Not actively educating myself about retirement until retirement was thrust upon me.
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