“The Tau of Steves: What You Don’t Know Could Fill a Book”
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May 2019
“4” Steve Smith, 30: “Set yourself up so that it’s almost impossible not to fulfill your aim. This isn’t cheating; it’s just smart management of resources.” Gemini
What’s it like to retire? Emma the Baroness and I love Chris Erskine’s columns. They hilariously mirror our stage in life. His more recent pieces, especially today on 5/11/19, can be bitter sweet and poignant. This is a passage I find inspiring:
“In retirement, I’ll anchor a rowboat in the middle of a rural lake and take long naps in the Southern sun. If I forget to fish, so what? For me, retirement will be a verb. In a couple more years … As he left, I got the first bad buzz of empty nesthood, a profoundly life-changing condition for a generation of parents who have probably over-invested — emotionally and financially — in our kids. When he leaves for college in two years, my only dependents will be these idiot dogs, one of which might be a wolf.”
Random ones that make me want change my sign.
So, you’re saying this isn’t cheating? Just slightly illegal? Swiping another Steve’s Holiday Tau? While there’s no rowboat in our future, we’ve taken care of the basics with financial planning.
“4” Steve Smith, 30: “Set yourself up so that it’s almost impossible not to fulfill your aim. This isn’t cheating; it’s just smart management of resources.” Gemini
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Inspired by: Holiday Mathis – Creators Syndicate