I’m 76. I’ve backpacked through 108 countries since I was 16. Started successful businesses and retired at 49. Screwed countless women when I was in the military and afterward. Had a great life. Here is what I told my kids after looking back on it all: Have adventures. Don’t do tourism. Eat what the locals eat, stay in local hotels - better yet, live with the people. See the world. When you get to be my age, you will either have lived one year 76 times or lived 76 years. The jobs you had, the women you screwed, the countless useless days will disappear and you are left with the adventures. I watched the old world disappear and get replaced with McDonald’s and Starbucks. I consider myself very lucky to have seen it before everywhere was a cheap clone of the U.S. But, there are still adventures to be found. At the end, a pile of money can’t replace the wasted time of sitting around doing a crap job, no matter how much you earn. Get out. Look at the sky, not on the ground. Have adventures.
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Smart perspective. I have lived much of my life in the same place. I have a lot of life left if all goes well and this is the kind of advice I wish I would have listened to before I settled down. I'd love to hear more about these adventures of yours. Steem on my friend.
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