Turning 30 in a month and I sure as hell don't feel like it. I'm only just now going places, buying things, and seeing people. All the things everyone says they did in their early twenties lol
Those people lied, or had rich parents. 30 is when your adult life starts coming together.
I'm 28 and feel like this is so true. I have a new daughter (my first), the high paying job, the nice house, the beautiful wife... just need a few months to save some money and pay off some debts and we're going to feel pretty secure.
In my 30s, we're going to actually start being able to travel without thinking about it too much.
Any advice for another late bloomer?
My big lesson in life was learning to be myself more honestly. It's too easy to get caught up in what other people expect of you
Thank you for this excellent advice, @DreamButt@lemmy.world. Hope you are the butt of your dreams!
I'm 36 and people tell me frequently they thought I was in my mid 20s. Sometimes you're only as old as you act and feel. Some people just give up.
Well, how you look has a lot to do with that.
I don't think I'm going to win any contest in that department to be honest with you.
But do you look young for your age?
Yep, I'm in better shape now in my 40s than I was when I was in my 20s. Owning a large rescue farm probably helps with that, but people think the same thing with my wife as well.
50 is behind me. You're all sweating aging way too much. Just "be here now" as they say.
Yeah, then in your forties you realize how young you still were in your thirties.
I had a major illness in my early 40's. That shit faked me out and sped up the aging cycle. My body is falling apart now and I'm just turning 50 this year. Enjoy it while you have it. I did and I am glad I did.
Me, immediately upon reading this thread:
Let me add another perspective.
I am 42 this year. Intellectually, I know I'm closer to 50 than to 30, but even typing that out, I dont really "believe" that.
I don't even really have a problem turning 50, per se. I just can't lock in the concept as a future eventuality. I am calling it in my 42nd year: I won't see 50 coming until it's literally here.
Or I'm destined to die before then.
I feel like I peaked mentally at like 28. Like, I'm older now but I don't mentally feel older. I can feel it in me bones but not in me head, see?
I definitely feel it in my head. At 28 I was still into self-improvement to try to please others, boss, family etc...
Almost 20 years later, I like where I am, who I am and what I have done. The amount of stuff I have packed into the past two decades is truly remarkable.
I always say I am going to dial it back a bit and relax this year. Then I fuck it all up and somehow do more.
Fuck.
This is so nonsensical, yet so true simultaneously. The actual ages will differ for each of us, but the general concept is accurate
Very true, except the trigger age is different for everybody.
For me it was 42-43, I went from feeling 30ish and comfortable hanging out with people that age to feeling like the old guy in the room. And physically feeling 60...
Man... I have been feeling that since my teens... I don't think it can get worse....
37 here. I'm still the fuckup I was 20 years ago.
I’m proud of you, baby. You keep being you - no matter what your clock says.
All it matters is I still have one more year to tell strangers I'm 27, sweet
I turn forty this year. For the past couple of months, I've noticed I get "old-man tired". There is no period of "getting tired". It's just all the sudden I am tired. Nothing can be done until I sleep. I don't sleep nearly as long at least.
They used to say this about 30, to my understanding
Oh good. Hopefully by the time I'm 34 it will be 38.
I guess since I just turned 57 that makes me actually 80?
Nah 60s are the new 40s! You're good!
I still feel 20 something.
Welp, I turn 35 in two months. I think it's too late for me anyway
I'm 37 and fuck all of this wonky bullshit psychology. Stay healthy, keep fit and be as old as you want to be.
Don't say that. I turn 34 in March as well, and I am going back to college. It certainly was a difficult experience turning 30 in the middle of COVID, feeling very isolated, my "career" fell apart because the business I helped build from the ground up was sold, but here I am making a go of it to make a better life. I'm just here to say don't give up on yourself or your future. We only have but one life to live, and we should try to make the best of it regardless of the cards we are dealt. I believe in you!
To warn me for what? Not like I can stop time man.... You want me to do what, young activities?
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Jen Statsky*, @jenstatsky
when you are 34 you are actually 27 but the second you turn 35 you are 50. i learned this too late but it's not too late for me to warn you.
No, it's way too late for me
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