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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am going to be 58 this year and I have been a failure at everything I've tried in life.  I had a half-hearted career which I quit to raise two kids, who are now college age. Both of them are struggling with the transition to adulthood. I'm not a great homemaker, my house is not nicely decorated and my garden is a weed-ridden mess, and I just bleached half the color out of my dish towels. I don't have a lot of friends. My husband puts up with me because he lives to work and I make that possible for him.  I have had a few hobbies in my life and I've been pretty bad at them. Now I have one that I'm astoundingly bad at. Is it too late for me to turn this around and become good at something?[/quote]

OP, I have made a career out of being an underachiever.   :-)   Now I am back in school trying something new and having the time of my life.  Classmates are 1/2 my age but I get new ideas and they learn a lot from my experiences.  It's never too late!  In fact I saved [b]a bunch of articles [/b]about people making later in life changes to inspire me.  If I can do it so can you.[/quote]

I did this too, got my Masters at 46 and had a ball. Totally changed my self-perception. 
BTW, can you add a link to those articles? [/quote]

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