We have a place nearby that has a big pioneer fair each year. The location is an old pioneer settlement, and they have people dressed in period clothing and working period jobs.

“I wanted to be a pioneer in this relatively new medium, ” he said in his 1988 memoir, “Moon Walk” (a book, incidentally, edited by Jacqueline Onassis).

These can be in the form of battle reenactments, renaissance fairs, pioneer days, or historic living.

And when you’re out of debt, start investing in index mutual funds (Vanguard 500, for example) to grow your money over the long term.

If Amazon has become a cloud-computing pioneer, it is because it sees itself as a technology company.