I guess it is different for different people, but I was told that almost 11 years ago and it didn't make me feel compelled to embark on a six-month binge or whatever. Just as well really, considering how wrong they were
I had to change my job to something sedentary (online porn) and it is hard to kid yourself there is much point in thinking about long-term plans. But otherwise I have just gone on living as normally as possible.