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   Michael Goodwind to Adam Dietrick   
   Re: What's happening?   
   24 Oct 23 22:09:40   
   
   TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A45   
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   REPLY: 195.dads@1:2320/105 298e7d88   
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    AD> It's tough. I have one who is 21, she is running her own life. The best   
    AD> you can do is sit her down and have a heart to heart about it. Tell her   
    AD> that you are concerned about her not having a nest egg/safety net. But   
      
   That's a tough conversation to have with a 21 year old.  Even though it was   
   22 years ago for me I can still close my eyes and go back to that time and if   
   I had to give myself advice that I thought I would listen to it would   
   probably be about taking more risks and having way less patience for things   
   that made me unhappy.     
      
   But the nest egg stuff I figure was what my 30's was for with my 20s being   
   the time to take some big bets on life with business and travel.  That being   
   said, I didn't have my first child until I was 41 so not having that   
   responsibility afforded me the luxury to take those risks that others   
   wouldn't have had.   
      
   I like to think things turned out relatively well for me and it boiled down   
   to pursuing what I was most passionate with as much intensity and   
   perseverance possible.  That would be the sit down's I'd have with my 20 year   
   old self, the whole you can do anything you set your mind to spiel.   
      
   I also get that my childhood set me up to believe in this kind of thing and   
   that's a privilege others might not have.   
      
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