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[Lord of the Rings] How does Gandalf typically spend his day-to-day? Like before his big distraction at the end of the series, was Gandalf hunting for the Ring 24/7, or did he take time to learn things for himself, relax, or go on fun adventures?

I've read the series and I personally feel as if Gandalf's life were him kind of making up for the limitations of the rest of the Council.... Like, Saruman obviously fails his mission, and perhaps Radagast and the blue wizards as well. But would Gandalf have succeeded if he'd gone more quickly into his adventure, or was he right to wait until the moment he found?

Not like a destiny question, more like, was Gandalf really putting all his personal energy into destroying the Ring? 

Do we know how much information he received from Valinor and how much he had to receive from Middle-Earth with regards to the One Ring? Does Gandalf's old man form influence his ability to retain information while he's on Middle-Earth?

Thanks. sorry for the rant. asking for a friend.
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He knew plenty about Middle Earth before he left. His mission was to guide the Men of Middle Earth and to one day drive darkness from it. Neither he or most of his fellow Istari (except Saruman) were looking for the Ring until Gandalf put two and two together almost 20 years after Bilbo's 111st Birthday. He is more focused on traveling and advising leaders of men and trying to squash darkness where he could. For example during Thorin's reconquest of Erebor he did so to try and rid Middle Earth of one of the last great Drakes of Arda. 

Please note that their job wasn't to do all the work themselves, that's why he sent Thorin and his company (and to some extent Bard) to slay Smaug or send the Hobbits along to destroy the Ring. Gandalf beleives it's the little things that will save the world. The innocent, gentle kind of good that is found in even the smallest beings.