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Re:Midlife: A Philosophical Guide by foobiekr on Thursday August 18, 2022 @02:52PM (#32513454)
A friend died at 51 not long ago. If you die at is age, you are already 68% of the way there. It's not barely getting started, it's behind you.

More realistically, a man who is 35 years old has a life expectancy of another 43 years, so not quite there yet.

Re:Midlife: A Philosophical Guide by Mezzie on Thursday August 18, 2022 @07:34PM (#32516076)
> More realistically, a man who is 35 years old has a life expectancy of another 43 years, so not quite there yet.

It's crazy how much this can vary. I'm 34, but I'm female and from a family where multiple people have lived to be over 110. I've always estimated my 'mid life'/halfway mark to be about 45.

Re:Midlife: A Philosophical Guide by Swizec on Thursday August 18, 2022 @03:19PM (#32513756)
Sure but the effectiveness of upcoming years seems much higher. Where I used to toil for 10 hours to do something, I can do the same thing now in 1 hour.

Resources are higher too. For lots of things that used to take time, I can just pay someone.

And lets not forget I spent the first 10 to 15 years being basically useless.