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“We always said we'd travel after retirement and now they can't.”
The plan assumed a future that didn't arrive. Now you're carrying both the loss and the regret of the trips never taken. The years can't be returned. But the lesson is screaming and you're still here to learn it — stop deferring the rest of your life to a 'later' that was never guaranteed for anyone.
Your Practice
- Grieve the trips not taken honestly. The regret is part of the grief.
- Look at what you're still deferring right now. Stop deferring it.
- Do one thing you'd been saving for 'later,' soon, while you can.
- Let this be the lesson that changes how you spend every remaining year.
The Architects
“Relentlessly prune bullshit, don't wait to do things that matter, and savor the time you have.”
— Paul Graham, Life is Short (2016), paulgraham.com/vb.html