I'd had several careers but no degree – then I became a palaeontologist at 62

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26 pointsmellosouls4 comments

As someone who is not from the west or a rich company, I always wonder how can westerns afford "search of a new adventure" in terms of time and money.

I think a big contributor to inability to do something like that is that I wake up go to work, return home rest a bit, go to sleep and repeat. I always wonder how can someone break out of this cycle if they are too tired after work.

Well, I think the answer lies in the article itself:

> at 40 he started his own business as a computer sales consultant in Canberra. After 12 years, he sold the company and got the library job

Even in the West, the vast majority of us are stuck in the same rut as you are. Somehow some people make more of their lives. It looks incomprehensible, of course, to those of us who can't manage it!

Cue the dinosaur jokes.

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