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Kind of cherry-picked there from the set of things 60 is too old to start. What about having 30 more years to fix a wrong you once committed, repay a debt, help

• scarface74 6y ago
  At 60 years old, unless I stayed in shape, I doubt I would be able to run half marathons in a decent time, enjoy a decade of being a fitness instructor, fail miserably at real estate and marriage and recover from both (reset my career, get remarried, and still have enough time to rebuild my net worth), etc. I lost a large part of my net worth between those two things - but I had the income to both enjoy life and to recover. Everything I mentioned above happened between the time I was 25-35. Some good, some bad but I don’t regret any of it. I wouldn’t take nearly the risks in my 60s that I did in my 30s. If I broke a bone in my 20s while doing some of the crazy stuff I did, I could heel. Not so much in my 60s. I got a chance to start over with a new family making better choices in my 30s. I was still young enough at 35 to run with my sons, take them to the gym with me. At 85 not so much. Are we really arguing that there are opportunities you have between 30-50 that you can’t make up for between 70-90? Would you rather have been Steve Jobs or Ronald Wayne?