Indeed it does Austin. I am of a mind to take advantage of my forced retirement; and suck in as much info, as my gray matter can handle; because I worry that the shitheads that be, are trying to make us more dumbed down and misinformed. I tell my kids to keep studying; and learn more.
Even when I was fully immersed in the constant work experience; I was still reading things, doing crossword puzzles; and cryptograms; and I watched a lot of documentaries , as I still do.
I took advantage of the wonderful library; with all it's free DVD lend outs; mostly the James Bond movies that I wouldn't buy ( The Roger Moore ones) ; the PBS documentaries by Ken Burns and his brother Ric on Baseball, Jazz, The Civil War, New York City, Mark Twain, and Myriad others by them. I just used
DVD Shrink to make backup DVDs of the originals from the library. I know it is horrible to advantage of the free stuff from the library; and then illegally make copies of them (
DVD Shrink is a fantastic free program for making backups of Copyright protected movies; good for parents that have young kids; and want to preserve the health of their original DVDs that they shelled out serious money for ; especially the Disney Stuff) ; but the libraries are corporate tax write offs; and the DVDs that PBS sells to libraries and the public were financed by corporations. All the Ken Burns stuff is financed by GM; so I am sticking it to the corporations by copying them with an open source program (
DVD Shrink ) ; and enjoying and learning more.
You will have more time in future years for learning; and new things to learn are always happening. I just hope that it is a
Brave New World more than a
1984 world. The elites would love us to just zip it and eat the GMO food, and smack our chops over it because of the great ad campaign . I love the internet because I can wipe out all the banner ads , if they annoy me; and mostly they do. The odd pre- roll is 100s of times better than the barrage of TV ads; that make me really ill.
Canadian ads tend to zero towards the social wonderland, with perfect PC people in the ads. More than 4 people in the ad calls for a visible minority; or a handicapped person; to show diversity in the culture

. The odd seniors show up, but that is for all the old people drugs that the druggers want them to take and make Granny a legal junkie. I don't really care about blue pills and the like; I see enough of that crap in my spam folder.
I am griping; but my sleeping is crappy still; and the bear shows his head every morning heh
Coffee is not good for the kidneys and stomach; but water is always there; even though it is spiked with sodium flouride that is not needed, that's what toothpaste is for.
I am going towards conspiracy theories now; so I will close this longer and longer note... Be Free; if only in your mind.
Be Well and Best Wishes -Noel