How sad for anyone who peaked in high school. Life got so much better without all the cliques and stupid judgments that ignorant high schoolers think are important.
I think we might say in such a case, yes, you ARE living, but not much of a life.
It might be time to consider one’s life in terms of goals: What do you want from this brief existence and are you headed toward it? If not, why not? Either the means or the main culprit is looking back at you in the mirror.
I thought the cliche life peak trope was in college