Stay in Your Lane
I have lived my life thinking that we are all "created equal." As I grow older, and find myself at the tail end of my working career, I have come to question that philosphy. In fact, we are not all created equally, and I have come to realize that I should not only realize that, but also endeavor to "stay in my lane." That is, maintain relationships with people in my economic strata and ignore those outside of it. As I and some of my co-workers enter our so-called "retirement" at my company, discussions about our personal finances and prospects for life after work have come to center stage, and the more of them I hear, the more I feel like I should stay in my lane. When the 38 of us met in the company’s conference room in November, I looked around and realized that I was at the low end of the pay scale. I have never been part of management, and certainly not a Director or Vice President of anything, as many of my co-workers have been. Being on my own fo...