• DreamButt@lemmy.world
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    11 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

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        11 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.

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    11 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.

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    11 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.

  • Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.world
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    11 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.

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    11 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.

    • SendMePhotos@lemmy.world
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      11 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?

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        11 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.

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    11 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…

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      11 months ago

      Man… I have been feeling that since my teens… I don’t think it can get worse…

  • Ook the Librarian@lemmy.world
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    11 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.