tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541589891457521495.post1833797727055760618..comments2020-07-16T08:30:13.370-07:00Comments on verdict: Failure?barbarosgokdemirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01840620479931386356noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541589891457521495.post-45780202187331912522009-09-30T22:56:57.442-07:002009-09-30T22:56:57.442-07:00If it helps any, I had no idea what I was supposed...If it helps any, I had no idea what I was supposed to be doing in terms of "output" pretty much into my mid to late 40's. Quite seriously. So, by comparison, Anthony Dod Mantle was in good shape if he got it at 30! <br /><br />Leaving "output" aside: Ask me today about what I am supposed to be doing with my "life" - I have absolutely no idea. <br /><br />And, it is perfectly OK to be this way I think. One reason we tend to feel uncomfortable with this floundering state of mind, I believe, is that we are trying to live up to the values of generations who had far shorter life expectancies than us so they had to hurry up and get it all figured out by the time they were 20. By the time they were my age they were all going to be dead you see: The predicted average life expectancy of my generation is something like 85 I think. In your case it will be much much higher. And during WW2 it was 50! So, no rush whatsoever I would say.<br /><br />And I do not agree at all with McKendrick: All you need in this day of hyperlinks is a beginning. The end? Why one end? Why not hundreds of "ends"? Why an end at all? And what about a ful circle?<br /><br />And for what it is worth, having read this now, I am really looking forward to working with you Barbaros.Elif Ayiterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03113492369895704024noreply@blogger.com