YOU SAID:

I was living two distinct lives by this time.

INTO JAPANESE

私はこの時までに2つの異なる人生を生きていた。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I had lived two different lives by this time.

INTO JAPANESE

私はこの時までに2つの異なる人生を生きていました。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I had lived two different lives by this time.