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Don’t Worry About Blowing Your Pandemic Savings
If you’re lucky enough to have grown your nest egg, it’s OK to indulge a little now.
It’s OK, really.
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On November 20, 1820, an angry or confused sperm whale sank the whale ship Essex thousands of miles from any land. The survivors spent nightmarish months in lifeboats slowly starving to death until eight were rescued. One of them, first mate Owen Chase, published a book about the ordeal, which inspired Herman Melville enough to keep high school English teachers busy for generations.