Well, now I don’t feel so bad.
It seems like many of you ARE in your 50s, or nearly so, or were at least that old before attending.
I’m in my mid 50s. Events such as these will have to wait until I retire. Hopefully within a few years. Let’s say I look forward to meeting you there and making new friends circa 2030.
I bring up the lifestyle thing, as it’s a way of life. One I don’t have, at least yet.
When I was younger, I stupidly and very naively believed I was attending college to get a job that probably doesn’t exist anymore, and maybe never did. To support a lifestyle of events such as these, flyfishing, time outdoors, etc, and somehow you do all that, which takes up most of your time, and surrounding that you have a job that supports all that and then some.
I never envisioned working so much and having so little time for other pursuits, not to mention a salary, which in my case, is okay, but not over the top.
I did work for a family while in college doing landscaping and the son seemed to do whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted. Grouse hunting in Scotland, etc, every year. Didn’t really seem to ever work. Sadly, I think he may not have anywhere the funds he once did.
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