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Is It Too Late To Start Over At Age X?
Of course it is. After all, your life is basically over at X.
If you did not find what you wanted to do until X then you better pack your bags and start living on the street, as there is no way to catch up on all those successful kids that are already self-made millionaires.
If you haven’t found love by this point, it is unlikely you will, and who you are is pretty set in stone, so if you do not like yourself: Tough luck.
I mean, no one really changes past X anymore. There are no life-changing stories that happen afterwards, no one tries a new career, and people just do not change.
It’d be better to just live your life out for the next 60ish years in the way you are.
Hope you enjoy it.
Now, Sarcasm aside, there is nothing saying you cannot change your life other than yourself.
People do change all the time, find love at all walks of life, and become successful or change their careers at the drop of a pin.
It is not a time-based thing as much as it is a will-based thing.
If you asked any younger people they would say that your life is over, but if you ask those that have lived for 10, 20, or 50 years more… they will laugh in your face.
To them it feels like you are saying you started watching two episodes of a season, and are stuck watching it now as it is “too late to start over” with a different show.