{"id":20525,"date":"2025-12-18T07:18:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T14:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=20525"},"modified":"2025-12-18T07:18:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T14:18:44","slug":"be-prepared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=20525","title":{"rendered":"Be Prepared?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/313195C6-8089-4A15-A494-C216298E0AD0.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" data-attachment-id=\"20538\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=20538\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/313195C6-8089-4A15-A494-C216298E0AD0.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"313195C6-8089-4A15-A494-C216298E0AD0\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/313195C6-8089-4A15-A494-C216298E0AD0.jpeg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/313195C6-8089-4A15-A494-C216298E0AD0.jpeg?resize=700%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/313195C6-8089-4A15-A494-C216298E0AD0.jpeg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/313195C6-8089-4A15-A494-C216298E0AD0.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/313195C6-8089-4A15-A494-C216298E0AD0.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/313195C6-8089-4A15-A494-C216298E0AD0.jpeg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>If you prepare for old age, old age comes sooner.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This apparent wise saying may be wrong. 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