When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully and could hardly wait until I reached 50 to start again. ↗
But these realities will make themselves felt soon enough and while I am certainly not asking you to close your eyes to the experiences of earlier generations, I want to advise you not to conform too soon and to resist the pressure of practical necessity. ↗
We were advised that nobody could stop us from pursuing our craft simply because we had honed, or even developed that craft while working at a company. ↗
At this point I was strongly advised that I was too young socially to go to college so I took a second senior year at Andover, another boarding school. ↗