Yet after all those years, there was one person I had never learned how to save.
Myself.
My name is Robert Miller, and for the past three years, I had been working as though retirement were something I could outrun.
My younger colleagues often teased me.
“Dr. Miller, don’t you think you’ve earned a vacation?”
Others were less subtle.
“Robert, you’ve spent your entire life here. Maybe it’s time to enjoy whatever comes next.”
I would smile, change the subject, and volunteer for another shift.
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