• DreamButtEnglish
    53•6 months ago

    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

      • DreamButtEnglish
        13•6 months ago

        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

      • @[email protected]English
        1•6 months ago

        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.

  • @[email protected]English
    31•6 months ago

    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.

    • @[email protected]English
      8•6 months ago

      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.

  • @[email protected]English
    28•6 months ago

    You have to stay active.

    I am not a triathlete, and I don’t think you should be one either. It’s important to either find work where you can stand at least half the day or do some sort of extra exercise.

    Get a logistics or supply chain job, use your brain and your legs.

  • @[email protected]English
    20•6 months ago

    50 is behind me. You’re all sweating aging way too much. Just “be here now” as they say.

  • @[email protected]English
    18•6 months ago

    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.

  • modifierEnglish
    14•6 months ago

    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.

    • @[email protected]English
      8•6 months ago

      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?

      • @[email protected]English
        3•6 months ago

        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.

  • @[email protected]English
    12•6 months ago

    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…

  • THCDentonEnglish
    12•6 months ago

    37 here. I’m still the fuckup I was 20 years ago.

    • @Noel_SkumEnglish
      7•6 months ago

      I’m proud of you, baby. You keep being you - no matter what your clock says.

  • catarina
    10•6 months ago

    All it matters is I still have one more year to tell strangers I’m 27, sweet

  • Ook the LibrarianEnglish
    9•6 months ago

    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.