THE PLANNING OF YOUR

Southland Times, Issue 23141, 6 March 1937, Page 12

THE PLANNING OF YOUR

LIFE (10) THE THIRD DECADE Note that the years of life from 20 to 30 usually include two major decisions: the choice of an occupation, or if that decision has been made earlier, choice of a first job; second the choice of a mate and the establishment of a Home. Because of these major decisions, this is one of the most important decades of your life. Let us assume that the choice of a vocation has been made before the age of 20 and that the task now is to make the best possible start in that vocation. Let us list the specific’ things we can do to get a good start. Let us list the things we may well avoid. How can we achieve personal cultivation? Is our standard of living simple enough to provide savings for the later years? What contribution can we make to our fellows and to the world? These choices lay the foundation for the afterself. They are too important to be left to chance. , . THE HOME The family like the home in which -it lives, needs to be kept in repair, lest some little rift in the walls should appear and let in the wind and rain. The happiness of a family depends very much on attention to little things. Order, comfort, regularity, cheerfulness, good taste, pleasant conversation —these are the ornaments of daily life, deprived of which it degenerates into wearisome routine. —Benjamin Jowett.