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When You've Deferred Dreams So Long You Forget What They Were

I have been putting off living my life until I retire and now I am close enough to see it and I realize I do not remember what I was waiting to do.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Delayed gratification extends beyond usefulness, creating a pattern of perpetual postponement of authentic living.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Money in your 50s and 60s — the pre-retirement decade?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.