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40 Wholesome Middle-Age Success Stories
Have you ever wondered what the vast majority of success stories floating around on the net have in common? I’ll give you a moment. Ready? That’s right! They almost always involve somebody young overcoming the odds and achieving great things. In other words, success stories are usually about the talented, not the hard-working.
But let’s broaden our perspective and took a look at success stories that happen after the age of 30. What would these stories be like? Well, we don’t have to wonder because TV writer and producer Melissa Hunter created a viral Twitter thread asking people to share their middle-age success stories.
So scroll down, upvote the stories you enjoyed reading, and share this wholesome and inspiring post with your pals who are middle-aged or approaching their big three-oh celebration.
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yerawitchSam13 6 years ago
I had 3 colleges tell me that I'm not creative. I ran out of student loan money because of trying to pursue my interior design career, so I had to slam the brakes on school. I hope I'm eventually successful in design. I want to prove every teacher that I had wrong.
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Edgar Rops 6 years ago
As an "independent researcher" i.e. someone who does any research only if not too tired after a day job, I want to say this is absolutely inspiring!
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Sandra Libertad 6 years ago
I would like to know more about those films, as I am passionate for folklore and fairytales. Where can I find them?
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CbusResident 6 years ago
I couldn't agree more. Some publishing industry number crunching showed that the average age of an author when she or he published a NYT #1 Bestseller was 51. The data showed that there were many authors of #1s as old as their 80s and 90s, some as young as their teens and everything in between. Some evidence indicates that Homer was in his 90s when he penned The Odyssey, I'd say that's a work that's stood the test of time fairly f***ing well.
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WilvanderHeijden 6 years ago
Kind of sad that he needs to mention "white privilege" to take the wind out of the sails of all those haters who wanted to use that as an excuse for their own failed life.
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Carol Emory 6 years ago
Good luck! I went again at age 47. I'm in my last semester with a 4.0. You can do this!!! Show them youngin's how it's done!
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Tiffany Fuller 6 years ago
I can’t sew or draw, but I’m starting a fashion design class tomorrow. With a bachelors in communications and a masters in screenwriting, this is definitely a different road. Scared, but excited.
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Kathy Baylis 6 years ago
Keep on pushing. They will change their tune and come begging you to design the over-40 courses!
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John Napier 6 years ago
My wife an I were engaged at 41. She mentioned that she regrets never going to medical school. So I told her to do it. Two months after getting married she was in medical school. 15 years later she has received the award for compassionate doctor four years in a row. Best ER doc in Ohio and an award from her hospital. Sometimes changing later in life gives you a perspective you wouldnt have.
Sarah Luna 6 years ago
I'll be 49 in a week and half and haven't done half the things you all have done! Nor will I. But at the age of 44 I had a grade 5 brain aneurysm and survived. And learned how to write my name again, as well as how to walk with a cane and drive a car again. Now I drive myself to a part time job and execute mundane little things like clean our toilets and do our taxes. No big degree, no exotic travel, just...survived. That was the "easy" part; the hardest part was learning how to thrive. :-)
TheReader19 6 years ago
You've triumphed over much adversity when you could have given up and overs would have (I'm a nurse and have meet people who've given up for less). Your mile stones are worth celebrating like all the others mentioned 👍
Load More Replies... Carol Emory 6 years ago
I'm 49 and on my last semester of my Accounting degree with a 4.0, making the Dean's List and the President's List. This will be my fourth degree (first three being Pre-Law, Law Enforcement and Forensic Anthropology.) I'm also training to start running marathons by the end of the year.
John Napier 6 years ago
My wife an I were engaged at 41. She mentioned that she regrets never going to medical school. So I told her to do it. Two months after getting married she was in medical school. 15 years later she has received the award for compassionate doctor four years in a row. Best ER doc in Ohio and an award from her hospital. Sometimes changing later in life gives you a perspective you wouldnt have.
Sarah Luna 6 years ago
I'll be 49 in a week and half and haven't done half the things you all have done! Nor will I. But at the age of 44 I had a grade 5 brain aneurysm and survived. And learned how to write my name again, as well as how to walk with a cane and drive a car again. Now I drive myself to a part time job and execute mundane little things like clean our toilets and do our taxes. No big degree, no exotic travel, just...survived. That was the "easy" part; the hardest part was learning how to thrive. :-)
TheReader19 6 years ago
You've triumphed over much adversity when you could have given up and overs would have (I'm a nurse and have meet people who've given up for less). Your mile stones are worth celebrating like all the others mentioned 👍
Load More Replies... Carol Emory 6 years ago
I'm 49 and on my last semester of my Accounting degree with a 4.0, making the Dean's List and the President's List. This will be my fourth degree (first three being Pre-Law, Law Enforcement and Forensic Anthropology.) I'm also training to start running marathons by the end of the year.
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