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Madhulk Posted 18 years ago
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Help me understand the underlined part of the dialog:
1st person: Mid-life career change?
2nd person: I prefer to think of it as maybe a third
of the way through my life career change.
1st person: Mid-life career change?
2nd person: I prefer to think of it as maybe a third
of the way through my life career change.
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Just a guess: If normal life-expectancy is 80 years, a 40 year-old person would be at mid-life. If he prefers to think of himself as only one-third of the way through his life, then he expects/hopes to live to the age of 120 years. Edit.
- Just a guess: If normal life-expectancy is 80 years, a 40 year-old person would be at mid-life.
- If he prefers to think of himself as only one-third of the way through his life, then he expects/hopes to live to the age of 120 years.
- Edit.
- Another analysis could be: Although he's actually age 40 he prefers to think of himself as being only age 26.
- (3 X 26 = 78)
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Just a guess: If normal life-expectancy is 80 years, a 40 year-old person would be at mid-life. If he prefers to think of himself as only one-third of the way through his life, then he expects/hopes to live to the age of 120 years.
Edit. Another analysis could be: Although he's actually age 40 he prefers to think of himself as being only age 26. (3 X 26 = 78)
Edit. Another analysis could be: Although he's actually age 40 he prefers to think of himself as being only age 26. (3 X 26 = 78)
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Hi guys,
I doubt that the speaker is doing such precise mental math. He's just saying 'Hey, I'm not really old enough to have a mid-life career change.'
Clive
I doubt that the speaker is doing such precise mental math. He's just saying 'Hey, I'm not really old enough to have a mid-life career change.'
Clive
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