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Modern Homesteading and the Trend Towards Greater Independence

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For example, the growing FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement is all about independence.    Another example is modern homesteading, which the Small Town Homesteading blog defines as : Homesteading is a lifestyle of the pursuit of self-sufficiency and sustainability. But there are other aspects to this trend.

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What Leslie Jordan’s Legacy Can Teach Us About Pivoting to a Third Act

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And in life, often your first act is devoted to childhood and education, your second to career and family and your third, following retirement, is how you choose to fill your golden years in service to the legacy you wish to leave. Novels have a beginning, middle and end. Leslie Jordan was likely familiar with third acts.

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How ‘The Intern’ Explores Transference and Its Impacts on Personal Growth

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In other words, you already know this film is going to have a lot of good kitchens, beautiful clothing and real people having real, human problems. First, the obligatory plot outline: Retired executive Ben Whittaker (Robert De Niro) gets a gig as a “senior” intern at an up-and-coming fashion website run by Jules Ostin (Anne Hathaway).

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Hearth: A Writer Explores the Concept of Home During Her Early Career as a Writer in Delhi, Mumbai and the U.S.

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Roti, Kapda aur Makaan” (food, clothing and shelter) was the political cry of independent India’s socialism in the 1960s and ’70s (including a Hindi film with the same title). A twist of fate post-retirement put his hard-earned savings at stake, leading him to rally to get a stretch of land for a new residential area in Delhi.

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44 Ways to Kick-Start Your New Year

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I want my financial future to be bright and to have no worries when I’m older and ready to retire. I often think I need new clothes, but when I clean out or organize my closet, I realize I have lots of options and everything I need at my fingertips. Clean out your closet and donate unwanted clothes to charity. Have gratitude.

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What I Learned From Wearing the Same Outfit for 2 Weeks

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In a July 2016 profile , The New York Times wrote that President Barack Obama—who wore only blue and gray suits—daydreamed about retiring to Hawaii to “open a T-shirt shack that sold only one size (medium) and one color (white)” with Rahm Emanuel, the U.S. ambassador to Japan and his former chief of staff. The experiment was working!

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Is Your Education Useless? | Men With Pens

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Now I can just work the job I want and retire happy&# I’m like, you moron, education never stops! What is Lifestyle Design? My true artistic nature was cultivated in a relaxed non-formal atmosphere and i was most comfortable in jeans, tee shirts, and other ultra casual clothing. I’m done, no more studying!

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