is it true? i have heard that if someone has not done so, then they never will. that its downhill from there?
and what would u define as something great?
does it have to be nobel prize winning? can it just be having a baby?
finally buying a house, etc?
u have to admit, in today's society, people are killing each other and themselves to become billionaires before age 30,. like age 30 is some kind of magic number, some kind of threshold of excellence, but why?
does it mean that anybody past 30, without a million bucks is useless?
please, anybody out there? please tell me, that its ok to keep dreaming and trying well into our 30's and 40's. and that success cant be judged by just being your 20's and rich.
2006-11-20 12:16:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
No, it's not too late. Heaps of people have achieved their life's greatest achievements later in life (I think there's even a book on it). And I think accomplishments are totally personal. One person's accomplishment may be huge, like curing cancer or something, and another's is not having a drink, one day at a time. Money is only one measure, and not everyone buys into that measure anyway. I know when I had my baby, I felt like I'd achieved my primary purpose in life. (But as I'm not dead yet, who knows what I may yet achieve?!)
2006-11-20 12:22:14 · answer #1 · answered by Deborah C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ferdinand De Lesseps built and opened the Suez canal at 64 in 1869. Gustave Eiffel built the Eiffel tower at 57 in 1889. Miguel de Cervantes wrote Don Quixote De La Mancha at 58 in 1605 and 1615. Thomas Edison demonstrated the first light bulb at 32 in 1879. Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first powered flight at 33 and 37 in 1904. Burt Rutan sent his Voyager on a 9-day trip around the globe at 43 in 1986 and sent the first privateer Xprize spaceship at 61 in 2004.
You can, and will be able to do anything at any age. What you need... the only thing you need is the will.
2006-11-20 12:19:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Tell that to Colonel Sanders who started KFC at the age of 65 with a social security check.
30 is merely the beginning of when you begin to mature. I am 57, and I wouldn't trade being 30 again for anything.
2006-11-20 12:20:29 · answer #3 · answered by Momma Jo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OH Man!!! whoooo told you something like that?! No it is not true in the least! and also your accomplishments and others are different. I know ppl who made it after there 40's or 50's and it is a very personal opinion. It is ok to dream until you die!
2006-11-20 12:19:41 · answer #4 · answered by lili t 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
properly, I only co-based a theatre company with a chum of mine, and we totally intend to be a roaring success and a benchmark for the different theatres in our city. i'm 31, she only became 40. in case you think of you will not do good issues previous your 20s, you will not, yet quite frankly the finest and effectual people i be attentive to did not hit their stride until 30 a minimum of.
2016-10-22 11:05:10 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The way I heard it was that if you haven't made a total fool of yourself by your twenties, then it will always be waiting around the corner to humiliate you.
Congratulations! Today you made a complete fool of yourself with this question. Now that you've gotten it over with, you can go on with your life.
2006-11-20 12:26:08 · answer #6 · answered by beast 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no.
people are living longer, accomplishing more at later ages.
Even 120 years ago, the great painter Gaugan didn't start until his 40s.
Many novelists don't get published until their 40s.
Other than pop music and high-fashion modelling, the world is wide open!
2006-11-20 12:18:42 · answer #7 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Colonel Sanders never had a pot to piss in until he was 65. How about that?
2006-11-20 12:25:26 · answer #8 · answered by flip4449 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, go with the flow honey, your moment will come.
2006-11-20 12:59:25 · answer #9 · answered by Bu Tran 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋