Life Expectancy in America
You can make this faceted map and a graph using this R code: https://github.com/AndyArthur/r_maps_and_graphs/blob/main/life_expectancy_in_america.R
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This line concluded the notice from my investment firm. Seems like good advice for all of life, and not just investing.
“… Avoid the trap of doing something. Locking in losses usually means missing the ensuing gains, too. Stay focused on your goals, maintain your disciplined approach, and enjoy the long-term benefits of a diversified portfolio.”
“It ain’t serious if it ain’t fatal.”
Read the sign at my elementary schools nurse. Chubby old Miss. Warga, bless her soul. It was one of those days I cursed and swore my day through though it was all stupid shit.
Gray is Beautiful.
On my blog, I am often known for my wild and free nature, the cowboy hat, saying my thoughts on how I think the world should work. My ideas are some liberal, some conservative, there’s a mix. I am pretty much know for my maps, camping in the wilderness with Big Red, and open, rural country I love to explore.
At the same time, I have to contrast that to my much more mundane life on the weekdays as a communications professional and political coordinator. The cowboy hat and big jacked up truck is put on the rack for the suit and tie, and a ride on public transit to the big office building downtown from the suburb to the city.
As my bottom of my goatee turns increasingly gray, as do splotches of my hair, I become more and more concerned about my professional development, my retirement, my savings and my tomorrow. Not because I expect to ever become a suit and tie guy at heart, but I do like the money, especially what is saved and invested for tomorrow. I dress up and play the role, not because I love the suburban life, but because I know what it’s paying for tomorrow.
