Right up to the
point where they were 29 years, 364 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59
seconds old they are all absolutely, positively certain that their screenplay will be
sold, their face will be discovered by a
big stage producer, their paintings will be hanging at The MoMA, their photographs will be gracing the pages of Vogue etc. etc..
This was a
big selling point on early Android phones because you could carry a
second battery to keep your phone running all day (although to be honest, I never saw anyone do that).