In my teens, I thought people in their forties were almost done with life – they had the house, the car and the kids; they had ticked off society’s checklist and were basically just waiting it out until it was time to kick the bucket.

In my teens, I thought people in their forties were almost done with life – they had the house, the car and the kids; they had ticked off society’s checklist and were basically just waiting it out until it was time to kick the bucket.