jim aldridge on Substack

Finally embracing the indexing lessons Jack Bogle—the founder of The Vanguard Group and the inventor of index funds—perfected 40 years ago.

So fiction writers are slow beginners. Few are worth much till they’re thirty or so. Not because they lack life experience, but because their imagination hasn’t had time to context it and compost it, to work on what they’ve done and felt, and realize its value is where it’s common to the human condition.

“Many times an old man has no other evidence besides his age to prove he has lived a long time.”

The real golden years of life are when you’re young, sentient, and vibrant.