Things Other People Accomplished When They Were Your Age

At age 34:

Francis Scott Key, after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry, publishes "The Star Spangled Banner."

Judith Guest began writing her first novel, Ordinary People.

After defeating Antony and Cleopatra's forces in a naval battle, Augustus became the master of the Roman world.

Matthias Jakob Schleiden, a German botanist, formulated the cell theory of physiology.

Hmmm. Sounds like I’ve got some work to do over the next six months. Becoming master of the Roman empire would probably be doable – its certainly much smaller than it was in Augustus time, but write a novel? Eesh that’s asking a lot.