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There is no cut-off age for success. 106-year-old Bhageerathi Amma and 98-year-old Karthyayani Amma from Kerala who are learning how to use laptops/smartphones and taking digital classes to take Class 7 exams are proof. More and more people are smashing conventional mindsets and proving that age is just a number.
Twitter user Doug Murano invited people to share more of these stories where people achieved their dreams late in life (in some cases after losing everything) and they obliged.
I get tired of “under 40” lists. Show me someone who got their PhD at 60 after losing everything. Give me the 70-year-old debut novelist who writes from a lifetime of love and grief. Give me calloused hands and tender hearts.
— Doug Murano (@muranofiction) September 4, 2020
From going back to college in their 40s, studying law in their 50s, writing their first book in their 60s to joining art school in their 70s, people shared their successes despite the death of loved ones, being laid off, and battling health issues.
Wrote my first book at 63 . Its in 21 countries , 519 libraries India , 17 in USA 🇺🇸 #5amwritersclub pic.twitter.com/N3WFqVR0U3
— Rajiv Bakshi (@AuthorRajiv52) September 7, 2020
My father is a retired junior college Zoology professor. He joined law college at the age of 60, graduated with a degree at 64. He’s 68 now and used to go to the court everyday before the pandemic. He was working for a famous lawyers office in my hometown Solapur, India
— Ashwini (@DrashwiniKanade) September 5, 2020
Went back to uni at 57 and graduated with honours degree in social work at 60. I’ve been practicing in mental health for eleven years. Now 71 and never more rewarded.
— John Rynderman (@Ryndie2) September 6, 2020
After decades of doodling plans on napkins as she followed my diplomat father from one posting to the next my mom got her architecture degree in her 60’s. My retired dad was ferociously proud of her and threw an epic party for her graduation. ♥️
— Mark McKinney (@Mark_DMcKinney) September 5, 2020
My husband died when I was 48. I finished my bachelors at 50 and started grad school at 51. I graduated at almost 54. Then I started a counseling private practice. So- new degree, new business, new career.
— Jan Owen (@janjowen) September 5, 2020
I entered law school at 50..
Walked into a classroom full of youngsters..
They got up thinking I was their lecturer!
The rest is not history…but it was great being a student again, and getting my law degree.
Nothing like law…— Mina Anand (@minacricket) September 5, 2020
I did all of my college classes in my 40’s and graduated at age 50. Worked full time as well as raising 3 kids by myself. I have no student loan debt as I paid it all myself a couple classes at a time.
— UpToNever (@UpToNever1) September 6, 2020
I shared art school with a 76 year old man who painted his tiny dog Pepe every single time he could. He adored that dog. His longtime wife had died, his kids were grown and moved away, and he decided to get an art degree with the time he had left.
He painted for the joy of it.
— Katie (@sothenkatiesays) September 5, 2020
Co-wrote a book at age 58, after two marriages and divorces. It is, of course, on reinventing marriage.
— Vicki Larson (@OMGchronicles) September 6, 2020
My grandfather always wanted to do a degree but he went straight into work when he was young. In his mid 70s ge finally got the chance and he completed a degree in vernacular architecture at Oxford University ❤
— Francesca Secola (@JellyBean_Cesca) September 5, 2020
This precious thread is a great reminder that life is not a race, but a journey and also that age is not a barrier to success, just a limitation we put on our minds.
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