Get by doing less
Ageing is inevitable but, as Cicero argued, we can choose how we react to that process. We should recognize that decline in old age need not make life unbearable. First, old people can often get by doing less because of their experience, so any work they do can be more effective.
What does "get by doing less" mean? I think the author should have written it like this: "get more by doing less"
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No. Broadly speaking, get by means survive, just do the minimum that is necessary, eg He could be the top student in the class, but he's lazy. He just does enough to get by.
- No.
- Broadly speaking, get by means survive, just do the minimum that is necessary, eg He could be the top student in the class, but he's lazy.
- He just does enough to get by.
- eg He used to have a lot of money.
- Now that he is retired, he just has enough to get by.
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No.
Broadly speaking, get by means survive, just do the minimum that is necessary,
eg He could be the top student in the class, but he's lazy. He just does enough to get by.
eg He used to have a lot of money. Now that he is retired, he just has enough to get by.
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