I emphasize vocational changes in these examples because it is when things come down to money and time that people always say they just can’t manage to launch the new beginning they dream of. Examples of this sort are much commoner that most people realize, for until recently the image of the linear lifetime and the linear career has so dominated our outlook and defined our expectations that we have underestimated how often people do make radical new beginnings during adulthood. Nor have we realized how often important accomplishments come from such turning points.
