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No. 22: Not spending enough time with family.

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We have seen it so many times in movies and in reality. A man telling his complaining wife and children that he is working his socks off for them. A couple leaving home very early, sometimes before the kids are awake, and returning late, sometimes too, much after the kids have gone to bed. While it is true that you spend the bulk of our time alive actively working, it is also true that you most likely would spend almost about the same length of time if you are lucky, living in near-inactivity after retirement, usually post-60 years old. The measure of happiness, satisfaction, fulfilment and peace you would enjoy with your immediate family during that retirement period would very much be a function of how much time you invested in them. The glowing career may give you enough money today, awards, recognition, fame and satisfaction today, but it would be a memory tomorrow, and a source of regret if it is done at the expense of precious family time, building memor...
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