The phrase "as life progresses" is correct and can be used in written English. You can use it to mean that "over time," or "as time continues forward." For example, "As life progresses, I find that my goals and motivations are changing.".
Or perhaps both elements act in concert to effect the changes that occur as life progresses.
But identifying what does matter to us requires some thought, because our values change as life progresses.
Having a clear mind and time to dedicate to passion at a young age pays off in large ways as life progresses.
Research shows that we get better as we age, we become happier as life progresses, and that the loss of "childlike wonder," or, the magic that makes youth what we want to hold onto, is not a natural occurrence, it's a learned behavior.
It left me feeling desperately sad that my son will not have siblings to turn to as his life progresses, for the good times and the bad.
Julie – or "Jules", as she is rechristened by her fashionable new friends – is the "writer" of this narrative, a girl with neither beauty nor talent but a gift for observation that becomes, as her life progresses, a form of torment.
Imagine insurance that was profoundly bespoke, flexible and easily adjustable as their life progresses?
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Maria Pia Montoro
Terminologist and Q/A Analyst @ Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union