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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.
More info: Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | ItsMelissaHunter.com
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Shelly Hoover 5 years ago
For those interested. Here's a link to my book, Timeless Sisters: https://smile.amazon.com/Timeless-Sisters-Peace-at-River/dp/1673287069/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Timeless+Sisters&qid=1578844375&sr=8-1
Elaine Dodge 5 years ago
Word of advice from another author, use this as your link otherwise anyone buying the book from Amazon using the long link is seen by Amazon as you and not an organic purchase and you will get penalized (eventually) by Amazon for it. https://www.amazon.com/Timeless-Sisters-Peace-at-River/dp/1673287069/
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Brandi VanSteenwyk 5 years ago
Admiration AND Respect!! Hope the book hits NUMBER 1. I'd buy it just to give you credit.
Agatha Ikking 5 years ago
I always wanted to become an air hostess after school. Unfortunately life took a very wide, cruel loop with me. then at the age of 57 i decided i had had it with the corporate life, hated every minute and decided to enroll with an Aviation Training Organisation. I did my training, wrote my exams and passed and did my licence exams with SA Civil Aviation. Everybody in the industry told me i was not going to find work. Well, i literally saw the world ! worked in crazy places like Afghanistan, Libya, Albania, Kazakstan, too many to mention. Visited all the continents, flew East one trip and West the next. I finally decided to step out end of last year at the beautiful age of 70 ! i enjoyed every minute, i met Glossy Magazine People, rich and famous the who is who of the world, saw the world from east to west from north to south and enjoyed one of the things i enjoy most : flying and aircraft.
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Carole Johnson 4 years ago
I'm 78 years old. I just wrote my first novel. Title "WHO TOOK HANNAH" by CJ Knapp on Amazon.com It's a psychological thriller. Get it..you won't be able to put it down..so everyone says!! Carole Knapp Johnson.
Brenda Sullivan 5 years ago
I'm 65. A friend got me started with water colors last year as a way to cope with insomnia. It helped! Although, I am a complete beginner. I love YOUR work.
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Brandi VanSteenwyk 5 years ago
Like many of these posts, I see hidden talents finally having an opportunity to surface. So many of us tend to keep the needs and desires of others on the front burners most of our lives. That often means that we can't move on to developing our own talents until all of the other "dishes" dependent on us are done cooking. Kudos!!
Melissa said that the stories posted in her thread were “amazing” and she invited the international media community to have a look through them.
Bored Panda reached out to Mike Rothschild, one of the people who posted in Melissa's thread, to hear about his success story. Here's what he had to say: "My success story, if you can call it that, is that after many years of pursuing screenwriting, I decided to see what else I could do related to writing. I started blogging for the website of a critical thinking podcast I like, that led to me getting some real traffic, which led to some full time writing gigs."
"When I got laid off from my last gig in 2017, I went out on my own, freelancing and building my own brand as a conspiracy theory expert. In late 2018, my publisher reached out to me to write the book I've got coming out soon, and there you go. It took the better part of the decade!"
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Lyn Garcia 5 years ago
Yeah. I see between Bill Pullman and Stellan Starsgard.
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beloved 5 years ago
Agreed. I had no idea that when I was born, my mother could've legally opted to have me circumcised (I'm female) where they mutilate the clitoral hood, clitoria, and sometimes the labias, inner and outer. I think it became illegal in the late 90s..https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_genital_mutilation_in_the_United_States
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Marlene Ricker 5 years ago
You certainly turned a bad thing around and made it into an inspiring story
Brandi VanSteenwyk 5 years ago
Realizing that God had another plan for your life than you expected. Making the needy your family!!
Demi Zwaan 5 years ago
Not being able to bear your own children does in no way mean you can't have a family! You and your SO are your family, with or without children. And you can adopt or have a surrogate mother, if you really want children.
Darcey Young 5 years ago
Sometimes neither adoption or surrogacy are possible for people. Its really hurtful to suggest that if you really want children you can have them, because that isn't true. It's almost like saying that if you don't adopt or do surrogacy you don't want children enough. Both the solutions you offer are horribly and prohibitively expensive... which needs to be found upfront and is on top of the costs of being up a child. There are also ethical issues... I have a life limiting disability and I have decided it would not be fair to adopt a child for them to have to cope with my early death. But that doesn't mean I don't struggle with my childlessness or that I don't wish to mother a child every day.
Load More Replies... Carole Johnson 4 years ago
I'm 78..just wrote my first novel, a psychological thriller WHO TOOK HANNAH by CJ Knapp on Amazon.com. Reviewers say they can't put it down. Check it out and please leave me a review..pretty please.
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Patti Hill 4 years ago
Love this! I rescued an abused little girl last year. She's three. There are 60 years between us.
Mike said that what helped him maintain his passion for his dreams was "seeing the responses I got to pieces I wrote, and readers telling me that something I wrote helped them, or helped a family member."
"I also saw that stuff I wrote got a lot of traffic, which helped me realize I could actually turn what started as a hobby into a career," he added.
Bored Panda wanted to know what advice Mike would give those of us who are scared of turning 30. "When I turned 30, I hadn't even started on this journey. I'd say just find ways to do what you love, and get it out into the world. Keep pushing, keep making connections, and remember that success isn't like the prom, not everyone goes at the same time. As long as you're putting things out there and making them the best they can be, you're succeeding—even if it never turns into a full time career."
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Nancy Hoffman 5 years ago
I started law school when I was 45 and practiced law for 20 years. I just retired two weeks ago. Also, 4 years ago I started a Master of Music in Piano Performance degree and graduated 1.5 years ago with my Master's degree. I performed 4 solo recitals and 1 lecture recital for my degree.
Kathy Baylis 5 years ago (edited)
Congrats! Stick with it and it will pay off, I promise you. I went to college, starting as a freshman, at 51(something not possible for me at 18, even though I had the grades). Graduated with my Masters degree at 58. Now working in the kind of job I couldn’t even get my foot in the door for (regardless of my intelligence and abilities) with just a high school diploma.
Steve Cruz 5 years ago
Just watched "63 UP" -- the newest installment in a series of documentaries that has followed a group of Brits since they were 7-years-old. One subject said he didn't truly know what he could do until he knew who he was. It took until his 60s, but he's going strong.
Brandi VanSteenwyk 5 years ago
Again... Hidden talents laying dormant until we allow ourselves to move to the top of our priority list.
Jess Reese 5 years ago
I needed to know you are out there doing that. I will persist longer because of you!
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Andrea O 5 years ago
Oh my goodness, that’s the nicest thing to say ever! It’s all because of an organ donor. It’s amazing f what having a fully-functional heart can do. 💚
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Thank you so much— it’s all because of an organ donor!
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Andrea O 5 years ago
Thank you, Suzette! Organ donation not only saves lives... but it allows people to live their dreams!
Load More Replies... Andrea O 5 years ago
Thank you so much! Prepping for another audition now!
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I had a massive heart attack 16 months ago and then a quadruple bypass - so not as dramatic as your experience but certainly a wake up call... I was always writing plays as a kid, was in a couple of student films in high school and later in my 20s, but after one experience of stage freight (more like paralysis) I never acted again. Now after the heart surgery, and then being abandoned by my partner of 11 years this past October, I'm thinking I'd like the next 25 years or so of my life to be the best, and that might include acting, so I am happy to see what you've done with YOUR life. It's encouraging. I am 65, by the way. Cockney-ha...2ef3e7.jpg 
Andrea O 5 years ago
Oh my goodness, that’s plenty of drama! So sorry for what you’ve been through. Get out there and live your best life— we don’t get a do-over! Wishing you the best.
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yerawitchSam13 5 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.
Steve Cruz 5 years ago
yerawitchSa13 -- If you feel a passion, pursue it. Since you're interested in interiors, study everything: finishes, fabrics, wall treatments, lighting schemes, ergonomics, flow, window and floor treatments. The two things that mark successful interior designers: meeting budget and deadline. Ask friends to be your "client." Interview them and get them to throw in $500 or $1000, then re-do a room in their residence. Approach charities and offer $500 worth of consultation as a silent auction item. Check out charitable efforts -- children's homes, domestic violence shelters, homeless missions, etc., and DO DESIGN for them. After you've been DOING for a few years and have a "look book," nobody will ask where you went to school.
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Amanda Solheim 5 years ago (edited)
@yerawitchsam13 Theres a famous illustrator from Canada who basically failed art school and yet moved to Paris, became a famous illustrator, and now has worked with so many high-end brands cosmetics and otherwise. He even has a book by Assouline which does books on extremely famous designers. ( @Drawbertson) he jokes that he didnt like being a poor college student so he quit art school and moved to Paris😆
We at Bored Panda enjoy sharing success stories no matter who the person is, so it’s refreshing to see people staying true to their dreams and fulfilling their potential no matter their age. It’s not all downhill after you turn XYZ years old. I mean, just have a look at all these grandpas who are (most likely) more awesome than you.
Just in case you’re still worried that it’s “too late” for you to achieve anything meaningful in life, we’ve got just the way to change your mind. Let’s have a look at the age at which important people made something of themselves.
Sure, we’ll always have a Bill Gates here and a Richard Branson there who became millionaires at the tender age of 23. But we also have people like J.K.Rowling who published the very first Harry Potter book when she was 32. Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos founded Amazon when he was 30.
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Let’s All Just Try And Be Decent 5 years ago
Let's just take a moment here to appreciate the fact that this woman not only lived her dream and published a successful book, but did it in a SECOND LANGUAGE. Most people I know can't order a coffee in a second language. This is a double win.
Carole Johnson 4 years ago
NICE!!!AWESOME!! I just authored at age 78.. WHO TOOK HANNAH is mine..CJ Knapp
Nancy Hoffman 5 years ago
I think I just bought this book for my mother as a Christmas gift. Mom is 90 years old this week.
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Kathy Baylis 5 years ago
I’ve had that kind of plan since I was a teenager and realized how many of my family members live well into their nineties and even 100 and over. I’m retiring in my eighties and not at 65—why spend a third of my life with nothing meaningful to do, and merely surviving—-not actually living—-on a shrinking fixed income?
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Janice Stephenson 5 years ago
I had my third child at 32 and am still shocked that I never considered that old at the time. I'm 55 now, starting to feel old only because life has worn me down. But it truly is just a number. That's the thing I am trying to get my head around.
Pam Peckham 5 years ago
Thank you for sharing your story! I’m 58 and have always wanted to go on a dig and explore far away places. It’s NEVER too late! Best to you!!
Steve Cruz 5 years ago
Three people I admire most drastically down-sized in their 40s-50s -- they said POSSESSIONS were weighing them down from the EXPERIENCES they really wanted.
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Brandi VanSteenwyk 5 years ago
Abigail E. Disney is an American documentary filmmaker, philanthropist, and social activist. She produced the documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell, and is the executive producer, writer, and director of The Armor of Light, which won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Social Issue Documentary. From: WIKIPEDIA
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Brandi VanSteenwyk 5 years ago
Abigail E. Disney is an American documentary filmmaker, philanthropist, and social activist. She produced the documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell, and is the executive producer, writer, and director of The Armor of Light, which won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Social Issue Documentary. From WIKIPEDIA
Steve Cruz 5 years ago
Abigail is granddaughter of Roy O. Disney, co-founder of The Walt Disney Company with her great uncle Walt Disney. I'm guessing she had fewer obstacles and more access getting to those milestones than average folks.
Destiny Rose 5 years ago
It's like the Oscar's, but for Broadway musicals.
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Ringo Starkey 5 years ago
That's not middle age. Well, unless she lived to be 96, 104, or 118.
The Harvard Business Review found that the average age of US entrepreneurs at the time they created their companies was 42. However, that includes small businesses. When looking at larger-scale companies, the average in software startups is 40 years old; the average age in industries like oil, gas, and biotech is 47. While the average age of entrepreneurs who founded the most successful companies is 45.
So if you’re planning to start a business, write a book, or chase your dreams, it’s never too late to start. But you have to start.
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Edgar Rops 5 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!
Randall Cabezas 5 years ago
Graduated high school diploma by GED AT 40. Starting medicine school at 41. Childhood dream finally came true. Tears in my eyes.
Darilis Garcia 5 years ago
I struggled with stats in my Ph.D. program, kudos. Congratulations soon to be Doctor!!!
CbusResident 5 years ago
Way to go! It goes along w/ some neuroscience research that's a bit counter-intuitive: many people actually get smarter as they age (at least up to a point before they're very old and senility becomes an issue) b/c they've had more years to learn about life. Overall older students outperform younger ones if you compare GPAs at a school, say of those students over vs. under 25.
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Jill Hannah Anderson 5 years ago
Thank you! One of the best decisions I made for myself. :)
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Kathy Baylis 5 years ago
It is a funny phenomenon; being an older person finishing a 5K run, and watching the relief trucks go by loaded with teenagers who gave up halfway.
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Sandra Libertad 5 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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Rose Thompson 5 years ago
this is exactly what I needed to hear... how long did this take you?
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CbusResident 5 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 5 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.
Mewton’s Third Paw 5 years ago
Imagine being this triggered by a guy telling his truth.
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NevadaJo 5 years ago
I think him mentioning white privileged the way he did was wrong when he had the platform to bring awareness to the fact that when people of color are released from prison they are less likely to succeed and when they do it comes at a harder struggle. He made something serious seem like a joke because he only spent a few years in prison when in fact if a person of color had the same charge they would still be in prison and with repeat offender laws it's more likely that something those people did at a young age will cause them to spend so much longer in prison. Please be aware and end repeat offender laws for drug violations and end prohibition on marijuana so we can get some of these men out of prison. Most of these people did non violent crimes and are spending life sentences because of repeat offender laws not including those forces into plea deals or forced into false confessions. Use your platform and your white privileged to help those who aren't blessed with it. That's how u win
Woney Bhang 5 years ago
So you're saying judges sentence more harshly based on the colour of your skin?
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Tor Rolf Strøm 5 years ago
Was that the same white privilege that got you hooked on drugs and gave you years in prison? Love that privilege.
CbusResident 5 years ago
Well, whites are the top earning income group in the US. Just kidding, it's Asians! I guess really it's that Asian-privilege they have, that's why Asians are less likely than whites to go to prison and more likely to get a college degree: our Asian-centric society gives them an invisible knapsack of unearned advantages. That's also why women are less likely to go to prison then men and more likely get a degree, the female privilege.
Terry Foster 5 years ago
So great to come from prison and fight your way through this ugly society of people who still want to punish you and to make your way in the world. I am so happy for you.
Veronica Sjöberg 5 years ago
Mad respect even though i'm not surprised. Believe it or not but addicts are in many cases really strong, creative people. I'm an alcoholic myself and even though it caused me muuuch trouble it also forced me to pull myself together and get back up every single time.
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Myxomatosis 5 years ago
I own her mother's book! It's AMAZING. I am going to look for Gia!! You rock it woman!
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JozeeMom 5 years ago
Ava has impressive resume: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1148550/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_4. May we see your resume Elle Roque? 😃
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Carol Emory 5 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!
Jenna Carodiskey-Wiebe 5 years ago
Good for you both! I got my AAS at 46 and now I'm working on my BAS.
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Kathy Baylis 5 years ago
I did the same, starting as a freshman, at 51. At 58, I graduated—-at the top of my class (4.0 undergrad, 3.95 grad—-yeah, one hard-earned B+...)—-with a Masters degree. It seems like forever when you start, then you blink and you have your degree. Stick with it and it’ll pay off, I promise you.
Sienna 977 5 years ago
I’m 38, with a previous career and MBA, I decided to finish med school and I will be graduating at 40! LETS DO THIS!!!
Fran Morasco 5 years ago
Keep it up I married at 17 , at home mom for 25years got my rn degree at 46 and love this. Now 66 still working but have a strong desire to write / blog Wish me luck. Just do it
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Terry Foster 5 years ago
And you know what? I would be willing to bet you are going to be one of the best managers ever because you worked hard for it and you are wiser because you have the years under your belt and understand people better with your life experience. Congratulations.
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Jess Hogue 5 years ago
I have read so many of her papers during my MEd studies. She’s truly made a huge impact on research into Indigenous Access to education.
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Terry Foster 5 years ago
PEOPLE OF ALL AGES HAVE VALUE. That is absolutely correct. I admire your perserverance.
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Kathy Baylis 5 years ago
That’s the cool thing about purely mental work, as opposed to purely physical work. As a therapist—-if my assumption of mental health therapist is correct—-even if her disabilities are physical, as long as her brain is working she’ll be working.
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Brenda-Ann Daniels 5 years ago
Amazing wish I could have been in your movie.Im 65 going on 66 and raised my children and grandchildren then 5 years ago my husband of 45 years marriage(got married at 16 years old)passed away I’ve mourned him for 5 years and feel this is my time to shine and be #me I feel like I could fly cut all my hair off something I’ve wanted to do for ever...want to do something for myself from here on out...
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Tiffany Fuller 5 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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Julia McMillian 5 years ago
My Grandpa is a painter and novelist. He started both after retiring. He just turned 91. Still going.
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Kathy Baylis 5 years ago
Keep on pushing. They will change their tune and come begging you to design the over-40 courses!
Denise Bolds 5 years ago
YES! I started my birth doula business at age 50 - 5 years later I am STILL going strong! BOLD DOULA! www.BoldDoula.com
Fariba Beighlie 5 years ago
After ending my sabbatical in architecture to raise my son for eighteen years, I went back to school and got my post graduate certificate in neuroscience of architecture, while mourning the loss of my recent business partner. That was the start my career again, at age 55.
Harold Buck 5 years ago
I was a breaker and popper for about 9 months during my senior year in high school (1984), then went off to college and did other things. For 10 years, I watched dance shows on TV and thought, "I'd love to do that again, but I am too old." Then, when I was 51, my niece was getting married, and I decided to take a Hip-Hop class so I'd be ready to dance at the reception. I was immediately hooked and started taking classes in multiple styles, training, and battling. I have has some good results in battles, I am on the Minnesota Timberwolves Senior Dance Team, and am teaching Hip-Hop classes for kids and seniors.
Josey Griffin 5 years ago
Just wanted to say well done to everyone of you. You got out of the box and started living your dreams. I also stopped living in a box. After spending a lot of money trying to lose weight, trying pills, or this or that diet, and heaps of other stuff, I decided to join a gym at 61 yrs. I am now 64, go to the gym 6 days per week. Work out hard, and have lost over 20kgs. Now ride my bike to gym. If I can do this, then anyone can do it. I get told by those that know how old I am, that I don’t look my age. And I sure don’t feel it iether. I am the fittest I have ever been, and healthiest.
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John Napier 5 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 5 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 5 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 👍
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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.
Cindy Snow 5 years ago
I wish I had this kind of ambition. I hope to maybe foster pregnant cats/ kittens someday. Hey it's a goal right?
Julie Schiavo 5 years ago
At 43 I lost 150lbs and began a second career as a fitness instructor. Now, at 47 I went back to school and started working on a doctorate!
Mary Lugo 5 years ago
Single mom, 5 kids, in the middle of a divorce, (knew I wouldn't get any child support). Went back to school. 17 units, 3 jobs. Finished an M. Ed while teaching, when I was 47. (The kids are great too.)
Carol Emory 5 years ago
You go girl!! My mother-in-law was the victim of a physically abusive husband. When he left, she was devastated because she'd believed him when he said she'd never make it without him. She got degrees in education and math going on to teach at a local high school for 33 years. She said the first paycheck she got, she knew she was home free. She was forced into retirement when she developed a blood disorder that was destroying her red blood cells and became too weak to be around sick kids. We lost her 5 years ago and the students came out in droves to console my husband. She impacted a lot of lives. You will too.
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Carol Emory 5 years ago
Have you ever gone to college? If so, look into doing the Community College route. There are a lot of careers for us older generation. Accounting, Business, Marketing, Real Estate, IT Security, Medical Billing and Coding.... Look into your local CC.
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John Napier 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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.
Cindy Snow 5 years ago
I wish I had this kind of ambition. I hope to maybe foster pregnant cats/ kittens someday. Hey it's a goal right?
Julie Schiavo 5 years ago
At 43 I lost 150lbs and began a second career as a fitness instructor. Now, at 47 I went back to school and started working on a doctorate!
Mary Lugo 5 years ago
Single mom, 5 kids, in the middle of a divorce, (knew I wouldn't get any child support). Went back to school. 17 units, 3 jobs. Finished an M. Ed while teaching, when I was 47. (The kids are great too.)
Carol Emory 5 years ago
You go girl!! My mother-in-law was the victim of a physically abusive husband. When he left, she was devastated because she'd believed him when he said she'd never make it without him. She got degrees in education and math going on to teach at a local high school for 33 years. She said the first paycheck she got, she knew she was home free. She was forced into retirement when she developed a blood disorder that was destroying her red blood cells and became too weak to be around sick kids. We lost her 5 years ago and the students came out in droves to console my husband. She impacted a lot of lives. You will too.
Load More Replies... Carol Emory 5 years ago
Have you ever gone to college? If so, look into doing the Community College route. There are a lot of careers for us older generation. Accounting, Business, Marketing, Real Estate, IT Security, Medical Billing and Coding.... Look into your local CC.
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