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at all and leaves it to his wife to manage all 9) Be stoic. Be secure.
his earnings and deployment. She is doing 10) Smell the roses, savour the aromas,
fairly well and my friend often tells me serve the relationships.
that he does not have the inclination or the 11) Keep yourself updated, don’t give up on
motivation to wend his way through the reading.
tortuous investment pathways, more so 12) Screen time can make you blind to the
when she is doing such a good job. realities of life.
13) Films are great, but don’t miss out on
plays, music and comedy shows.
14)Take a walk, slow jog, stretch, eat and
drink moderately. Do yoga. Meditate. A
healthy body and mind will be your only
crutch at a crunch.
15) Never stop liking and loving.
16) Let go off the fluff and the superfluous.
17) Learn to walk away from negative
The above instances are seemingly people.
disparate, but there are some interesting 18) Be detached.
takeaways and learning which may hold all 19) You can do with less.
of us in good stead. 20) Listen more and speak less.
1) We prepare for our retirement from As the Vedanta scriptures elaborate,
work; prepare for retirement from life too. vairagya is a slow, steady and studied
2) Know when to stop. If we don’t stop, we progress over years of experiential
are bound to fall hard. living of the four stages of our lives, viz.,
3) Know your strengths. brahmacharya, grihasta, vanaprastha and
4) Develop a healthy suspicion towards sannyasa. To put it in context, vairagya is
everybody and everything that comes your a great passport to exit from the temporal
way. This will help sift the good from the world. But that would be possible only
bad, the lie from the truth. when we know why to stop, when to stop
5) Use your wisdom to differentiate and how to stop.
between greed and need.
6) Simply slow down. Life is fast
paced and you cannot keep pace with it
perpetually. Your heart will pump less,
your lungs will gasp, your mind will slow
down, your joints will creak and your
bones will become brittle. Your mind may
be willing, but your body will be unwilling.
It will be good to have a body in working
condition rather than in running condition.
7) Gain experiences that you missed out
on rather than chasing more wealth.
8)Don’t miss any family and friend times.
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