We’re used to a familiar path
of life. You get educated. You work. And by the time you enter
mid-life you probably juggle a few things. You still work. Maybe
you have a family. You take care of your aging parents. At
some point, you retire. And then what? Years ago, when retirement
was pegged at 65, retirement consisted of a decade or so of idle
recreation. But now if you retired at 65, your retirement years
might last another twenty-five years.
But what if that were all flipped on its head? What if, instead,
you studied throughout your life and only settled into your true
career somewhere around midlife? And what if it was considered
normal to work into your 80s instead of into your 60s?
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