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  • December 15, 2019 at 11:39 am #327681
    Anonymous
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    Dear Ana Machado:

    Welcome back. If I understand correctly, you are currently employed, and you are in school working toward a PhD, but you will have to change your plans, relocate, and take up your father’s freelance work as a wine producer, and your grandfather’s olive oil business.

    That reads like a whole lot for you to do. I wonder if there are other younger members in your family who can take on some of these things left for you to do, and if this or that business can be sold for profit, if you prefer to not engage in it. I also wonder about your PhD studies and what you intended to use it for, if these plans will be postponed or put away.

    In either case, I think that a 15 day to a month vacation in London or Paris, or elsewhere, a place and time where you can feel like you are a “28 freakin’ years old” is an excellent idea!

    anita

     

    December 15, 2019 at 1:47 pm #327693
    Inky
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    Hi Ana,

    I hate to say it, but it all comes down to money. OK, your father’s organs are failing. But he could theoretically live another thirty years. Probably not, BUT! Will he need a nurse? A rehab center? Does he have solid health insurance? Did he set up a reverse mortgage? Did he/you inherit any money from your grandfather?

    My point? If you don’t have, say, a million in your PERSONAL bank account, then you should give the wine business and olive oil business a go. What a gift, yet burden! But if you have, say, more than a million, then be twenty-eight!! Some people have to deal with middle aged problems early, I’m afraid. The reason I’m saying this is you will probably live another sixty to seventy years. How far will the money go? If you don’t want to run two businesses, then go out there and get some PASSIVE income.

    That said, do take three weeks off. Say you’re doing some dental surgery abroad to save money. Whatever! You already paid for the plane tickets and are grieving your grandfather. Whatever you say! Give them a number with one or two numbers mixed up. “Oops!” Go!

    Best,

    Inky

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