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Author: Theodore Lee

Theodore Lee is the editor of Caveman Circus. He strives for self-improvement in all areas of his life, except his candy consumption, where he remains a champion gummy worm enthusiast. When not writing about mindfulness or living in integrity,  you can find him hiding giant bags of sour patch kids under the bed.
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This Is What Life Without Retirement Savings Looks Like – The Atlantic

5 Actors That Went All Out In Terrible Movies – Ned Hardy

Awesome gadget that helps dry your boots, shoes and gloves – Amazon

Noma, One of the World’s Top-Rated Restaurants, Is Closing Its Doors – WSJ

A First Look Inside the Incredible Super Mario Brothers-Themed Restaurant in Los Angeles – Eater

This Country Will Offer 18 Months of Parental Leave For Working Parents – VICE

The Revelation I Got From Experiencing HaptX Is Wild – CNET

A Brief List of Horrifying Things Space Travel Does to the Human Body – Futurism

How to Stop Falling Asleep on the Couch During Movies – Wired

3 things I learned after meditating for 100 weeks straight – Mashable

11 Disturbing Lines From Horror Movies That Shook Viewers To The Core – Ned Hardy

Quick and easy update for your office or gaming chair. These wheels will roll over cords like it was their purpose. They’re silent, don’t make marks or scratch the floor, and take about 5 minutes to install – Amazon

Street Dentist Pulls Man’s Tooth With A Pair Of Pliers – Leenks

6 Ways to Strengthen Your Relationships in 2023 – NY Times

The 8 ‘rarest’ types of employees—they ‘simply outperform everyone else,’ says career expert – Make It

FTX bankruptcy documents show list of investors set to be completely wiped out, including Tom Brady and Robert Kraft – Insider

What to Do If Your Child Is a ‘Know-It-All’ – Life Hacker

TikTok creator’s food reviews flood struggling small businesses with customers – Upworthy

The U.S. Stock Market: Best and Worst Performing Sectors in 2022 – Visual Capitalist

Life Experiences

What’s It Like To Retire Early?

I semi-retired in my early 40s, meaning I can be more selective about the work I perform or not work at all. I can spend weeks working only 10 hours per week just keeping tabs on my investments, or I could work 40 to 50 hours per week as a consultant.

I have a net worth of $5M+, and it’s a lot of work just to maintain and grow it. I sometimes dream about cashing in my chips and living off of an annuity, dividends or rental income.

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Useful

Why Do We Waste Our Life Working For Retirement?

why do we save for retirement

(photo: @vladsargu)

Imagine this:

You’re 25 years old. You have a great job making great money and you are making so much money, you buy yourself a car, a house, you take lavish vacations, buy lavish things — you have to have the best of everything. It’s an amazing life, right? Some of us get to have that while others don’t.

40 years later, you’re now 65 years old. You put nothing away for retirement at all.

The house you have is your greatest asset. It’s market value went up around $200,000.

The car(s) you bought — well, they’re antiques now. Some work, some don’t.

All those lavish things you bought? Over the years, it’s just stuff. Not that important.

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Picture Of The Day

Picture of the Day

(photo: Hemming1952)

The Greenland Shark has the longest lifespan of any vertebrate (up to 500 years), and doesn’t even reach sexual maturity until they are 150 years old

One theory to explain this long lifespan is that the Greenland shark has a very slow metabolism, an adaptation to the deep, cold waters it inhabits. A NOAA remotely operated vehicle doing a dive off New England encountered a Greenland shark at a depth of 783 meters, but these sharks are known to dive as deep as 2,200 meters. They’re also the only shark that can withstand the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean year-round.

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Life Advice

It Is Not What Happens To You It Is How You Respond To It

Many people blame their circumstances for their shortcomings and as a result accept the harsh reality of their situation. These people believe an event is equivalent to its outcome; however, for the truly remarkable person, adversity is where they thrive.

What allows these people to succeed? They realize it is not what has happened to them in their lives, but the manner in which they react to these events. The way a person decides to respond to certain occurrences is what will shape his or her feelings, actions and results. It all lies within ourselves to be successful in life or not.

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She Played Kimberly The Pink Power Ranger. See Amy Jo Johnson Now at 52 – Ned Hardy

This rice cooker is like a Lexus LS 400, extremely reliable and consistent and will last you many, many years – Amazon

10 Tips for Starting a Fire in Bad Weather – Outside

A Total Amateur May Have Just Rewritten Human History With Bombshell Discovery – VICE

The Gore, Guts and Horror of an NFL Fumble Pile – SB Nation

Smash hits: How viral memes conquered piñata design – Rest of World

Four Survival Myths That Could Get You Killed – Field and Stream

The Four Things That Make Practically Everyone Feel Loved, According to a New Survey – Quartz

Use this Guide to Get your Shit Together – Brent Huras

The Neuroscience of Breaking Out of Negative Thinking (and How to Do It in Under 30 Seconds) – INC

Putin is terminally ill with cancer, Ukraine military claims – Yahoo

She Hasn’t Aged One Bit. See Rachael Leigh Cook Now at 43 – Ned Hardy

The best weapon against bad breath. My friend had chronic bad breath and nothing seemed to work until he found this product – Amazon

‘Leg-Lengthening Surgery Changed My Life. It Cost $27K But I’m Five Inches Taller And I Feel More Charismatic’ – Business Insider

The 11 Most Horrific Sports Injuries Ever – Linkiest

Logan Paul Says His NFT Game Isn’t a Scam, He Just Hired Scammers to Build It and They Did Some Scamming – Futurism

2 Men Accidentally Set Themselves on Fire Trying to Burn Down an Immigration Center – VICE

UN says ozone layer slowly healing, hole to mend by 2066 – AP News

Walmart cashier, 82, retires after TikTok raises $100,000 – BBC