I'm about to hit 30s and I'm freaking out. Feel like the best phase of life is in your 20s, you are young, handsome, healthy and playful. I know I can be wrong, so would love to hear your actual experience after turning 30s. Thanks
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If you don’t have kids it’s more or less the same as your 20s but with money and options.
I am so goddamn glad I’m not in my twenties anymore, holy shit.
30s are better than 20s if you made the right decisions and took care of your body. I’m in the fittest shape ever, the richest and most successful I’ve ever been, so much so that things that I dreamed of buying, achieving, having in my 20s is like nothing to me now.. But then again I started when I was 17 so it’s about that 15 year time period it takes to get that far with anything in life if you’ve stayed consistent.
Relationships of all types are a lot more meaningful, especially with your parents and siblings. You know what you want and you’re happier bc of it; most major mistakes are behind you. And so life is smooth, money relationships “things” etc come effortlessly. The only thing that truly makes me happy now is giving to the needy, food and clothing and the Word of God.
The mental change you have in your early 30s is well worth it. You will for sure miss your 20s but more like you’ll miss the naivety. 30s are your prime brother, I just hit 40 and am having a blast, enjoy that youth big dog!
I don’t know, I am 35 and still going on 30. How is life after 30? The same as always? Why must it be different? Lol
It very obviously depends on how you’re trending.
Lotta people enjoy their 20s then responsibility really hits and they hate the rest of their lives.
Lotta people put the work in while still having fun and their 30s are fantastic.
Lotta room in between.
I worked a lot in my late 20s. Now in my early 30s I have a nice job and good money and a happy marriage and one of my concerns is how full of fun events and hobbies my schedule is.
I have friends who’ve navigated life even better. And a couple that cannot afford not to work a ton or jobs they don’t like now.
I felt the same about turning 30. Now at 33, it’s like you’re restarting your 20’s, but you already know everything you had to learn over the last decade. You’re still young, still have energy, and still don’t have to have things figured out. Maybe the vibrancy is reduced a bit, but it’s like a better version of the 20’s if only just for the wisdom.
Overall just happier. 20 was fun but it was a lot of work too, and you’re always trying to prove yourself. You still kinda do that in your 30’s but not as bad and you know your limits.
I didn’t grow up until 30. And it has been the best years yet. I’m 35 right away, and honestly I’m excited to see where I’ll be at 40. Shit is starting to ~kinda~ make sense.
Im really enjoying it. Kids are older and fun. Im in good shape and more money than my 20s.
I think there’s literally no difference
*EVERYONE* I know enjoyed their 30s more than their 20s, and yet you kids all freak out about turning 30 like you’re about to die.
You’ll be fine.
Stay fit
Do skin care routine and wear sunscreen.
Stay fit.
Stretch routine
Stay fit.
Make sure you have all your savings plans in place
Stay fit
Enjoy, you worked hard now its time to do what you couldn’t afford in your 20s
And yeah, Stay fit.
30 is no different than 29. It’s just a number.
Only 34 but I am still young, healthy and handsome. Actually best shape of my life. Though harder to maintain. Things start to get weird where some of friends suddenly age rapidly, others start having kids and still a different vibe. But most of my friends are still going out a lot, just less clubs and drugs than before.
If play your cards well, you will be better off, career and living wise. The downside I feel is not having the time ahead like before. I feel “jealous” of my younger friends who can still act reckless, pivot their careers, and make drastic changes. I feel there is less room for that now, and a bigger pressure to have reached a certain point in your career. I do miss college sometimes, but also wouldn’t want to live that again. It was wild and fun but I want slightly different things now.
30s is like 20s with more money… until you have kids. Then it’s like your 40s but with less money
Nowhere near as good as my 40s! 🙏
Grow up dude. The clock keeps moving. No one can stop time. Focus on positives, not negatives. No one gets to live life over again. Look forward, not back. Make yourself better every day.
What’s cool about getting older? More money. More freedom. Better friends. Focus on yourself. Explore the world.
Stop worrying about getting older. That boring. Everyone gets older. Fucking deal with it.
Personally, I get happier and more stable with every year that goes on. I’m 33 now and am in a much better position than 5 years ago.
I still look young and handsome at 35 🤪 its just a matter of how well you take care of yourself mate!
I’m 42 this year and the happiest I’ve ever been outside of a slightly stiff trapezius muscle this month.
I’m more comfortable in my own skin, I make multiples more money than I did in my 20s, my wife and I are somehow BETTER in bed than we were despite a bit more… softness in our bodies. We are happier, more whole versions of ourselves by far.
In my thirties I have the energy of my twenties yet the earning power of my 40s. I can go out, dropp $300 on a shot of high class liquor, and just not bother. Just when most people hit their stride, have established themselves, and can enjoy life.
For me, I grew up dirt poor so my 20s were more grind than anything else. Two jobs, night classes, fun that didn’t cost more than gas, etc. Now I have “made it” and can do stuff on a whim that me a deacde ago would have thought impossible.
Realistically, stay healthy, move, be active physically and socially, you gotta till 55 easy. Even then, my godfather got to 72 before he had a stroke and he is recovering well. My mother in law is 76 and regulary farms 5 acres, selling stuff at flea markets.
As you age you get wisdom and finesse, still do what you want, but just wiser.
Also, at 37 and nearing completion of a doctorate, I still party and throw down. Big nerd so lots of anime conventions. When Hotel Hazbin was fresh I’d do the “I’ll buy you a drink… cause I’m buying everyone a drink” joke and just get a group of 5-10 folks a shot of house liquor or whatever as a joke. Hand out dollar bottles of alcohol at house parties, just have a fun time time 3 or 4 am before waking up at 7am to help run the darn things.
At 42, I dropped 75 lbs and was in better shape than I was in my 20s and 30s. I was running 10K in my neighborhood at sub-7:30/mile pace.
Today, at 54, I’ve slowed down, but am still running on the treadmill. I’ve gained some weight back, but some of it is muscle, as I’ve added workouts on a cable weight machine.
Man, like you, I was scared of my 30s. Funny enough, it’s probably the best year of my life, and the years did get better.
I’m sure everyone will add on, but ultimately I learned how to stop people-pleasing and do what I needed to do. I quit my career, traveled the country, reconnected with friends, and gone down the path I am now.
All I can say is, I kind of stopped fucking around purposely and focusing on something. I mean, I fucked around a lot too, but also got to a point where I could be proud of who I am and what I’ve done.
And you will too!
It’s getting better and better the older you get
It is not about the number but if the big things happen to your life.
Example. Life before and after childbirth
Im 32 and this year has been the best of my life. In the best shape of my life, newly single, getting jacked, going out dancing every weekend, back in university fulfilling my calling, coaching tennis part time, meeting a fkton of new people, getting out of my bubble, working on my social skills and game…
I’m so fucking busy I can barely keep up but because it’s all stuff I chose to do to improve myself it doesnt get overwhelming. Meanwhile 80% of the people I know my age act like they’re geriatric. I have a couple friends from hs who are always going on in our group chat about how they’re “ready to retire” and “halfway dead” and I’m like wtf?
The older I get the more I realize that age is just a combination of lifestyle and mindset. If you act youthful and take care of yourself there’s no reason you cant keep living life to the fullest.
Same as it was the day before
There is no difference between 29 and 30 😉
But thinking in terms of decades, each one has been better for me than the one before.
I definitely don’t want my 20s back.
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If you don’t have kids it’s more or less the same as your 20s but with money and options.
I am so goddamn glad I’m not in my twenties anymore, holy shit.
30s are better than 20s if you made the right decisions and took care of your body. I’m in the fittest shape ever, the richest and most successful I’ve ever been, so much so that things that I dreamed of buying, achieving, having in my 20s is like nothing to me now.. But then again I started when I was 17 so it’s about that 15 year time period it takes to get that far with anything in life if you’ve stayed consistent.
Relationships of all types are a lot more meaningful, especially with your parents and siblings. You know what you want and you’re happier bc of it; most major mistakes are behind you. And so life is smooth, money relationships “things” etc come effortlessly. The only thing that truly makes me happy now is giving to the needy, food and clothing and the Word of God.
The mental change you have in your early 30s is well worth it. You will for sure miss your 20s but more like you’ll miss the naivety. 30s are your prime brother, I just hit 40 and am having a blast, enjoy that youth big dog!
I don’t know, I am 35 and still going on 30. How is life after 30? The same as always? Why must it be different? Lol
It very obviously depends on how you’re trending.
Lotta people enjoy their 20s then responsibility really hits and they hate the rest of their lives.
Lotta people put the work in while still having fun and their 30s are fantastic.
Lotta room in between.
I worked a lot in my late 20s. Now in my early 30s I have a nice job and good money and a happy marriage and one of my concerns is how full of fun events and hobbies my schedule is.
I have friends who’ve navigated life even better. And a couple that cannot afford not to work a ton or jobs they don’t like now.
I felt the same about turning 30. Now at 33, it’s like you’re restarting your 20’s, but you already know everything you had to learn over the last decade. You’re still young, still have energy, and still don’t have to have things figured out. Maybe the vibrancy is reduced a bit, but it’s like a better version of the 20’s if only just for the wisdom.
Overall just happier. 20 was fun but it was a lot of work too, and you’re always trying to prove yourself. You still kinda do that in your 30’s but not as bad and you know your limits.
I didn’t grow up until 30. And it has been the best years yet. I’m 35 right away, and honestly I’m excited to see where I’ll be at 40. Shit is starting to ~kinda~ make sense.
Im really enjoying it. Kids are older and fun. Im in good shape and more money than my 20s.
I think there’s literally no difference
*EVERYONE* I know enjoyed their 30s more than their 20s, and yet you kids all freak out about turning 30 like you’re about to die.
You’ll be fine.
Stay fit
Do skin care routine and wear sunscreen.
Stay fit.
Stretch routine
Stay fit.
Make sure you have all your savings plans in place
Stay fit
Enjoy, you worked hard now its time to do what you couldn’t afford in your 20s
And yeah, Stay fit.
30 is no different than 29. It’s just a number.
Only 34 but I am still young, healthy and handsome. Actually best shape of my life. Though harder to maintain. Things start to get weird where some of friends suddenly age rapidly, others start having kids and still a different vibe. But most of my friends are still going out a lot, just less clubs and drugs than before.
If play your cards well, you will be better off, career and living wise. The downside I feel is not having the time ahead like before. I feel “jealous” of my younger friends who can still act reckless, pivot their careers, and make drastic changes. I feel there is less room for that now, and a bigger pressure to have reached a certain point in your career. I do miss college sometimes, but also wouldn’t want to live that again. It was wild and fun but I want slightly different things now.
30s is like 20s with more money… until you have kids. Then it’s like your 40s but with less money
Nowhere near as good as my 40s! 🙏
Grow up dude. The clock keeps moving. No one can stop time. Focus on positives, not negatives. No one gets to live life over again. Look forward, not back. Make yourself better every day.
What’s cool about getting older? More money. More freedom. Better friends. Focus on yourself. Explore the world.
Stop worrying about getting older. That boring. Everyone gets older. Fucking deal with it.
Personally, I get happier and more stable with every year that goes on. I’m 33 now and am in a much better position than 5 years ago.
I still look young and handsome at 35 🤪 its just a matter of how well you take care of yourself mate!
I’m 42 this year and the happiest I’ve ever been outside of a slightly stiff trapezius muscle this month.
I’m more comfortable in my own skin, I make multiples more money than I did in my 20s, my wife and I are somehow BETTER in bed than we were despite a bit more… softness in our bodies. We are happier, more whole versions of ourselves by far.
In my thirties I have the energy of my twenties yet the earning power of my 40s. I can go out, dropp $300 on a shot of high class liquor, and just not bother. Just when most people hit their stride, have established themselves, and can enjoy life.
For me, I grew up dirt poor so my 20s were more grind than anything else. Two jobs, night classes, fun that didn’t cost more than gas, etc. Now I have “made it” and can do stuff on a whim that me a deacde ago would have thought impossible.
Realistically, stay healthy, move, be active physically and socially, you gotta till 55 easy. Even then, my godfather got to 72 before he had a stroke and he is recovering well. My mother in law is 76 and regulary farms 5 acres, selling stuff at flea markets.
As you age you get wisdom and finesse, still do what you want, but just wiser.
Also, at 37 and nearing completion of a doctorate, I still party and throw down. Big nerd so lots of anime conventions. When Hotel Hazbin was fresh I’d do the “I’ll buy you a drink… cause I’m buying everyone a drink” joke and just get a group of 5-10 folks a shot of house liquor or whatever as a joke. Hand out dollar bottles of alcohol at house parties, just have a fun time time 3 or 4 am before waking up at 7am to help run the darn things.
At 42, I dropped 75 lbs and was in better shape than I was in my 20s and 30s. I was running 10K in my neighborhood at sub-7:30/mile pace.
Today, at 54, I’ve slowed down, but am still running on the treadmill. I’ve gained some weight back, but some of it is muscle, as I’ve added workouts on a cable weight machine.
Man, like you, I was scared of my 30s. Funny enough, it’s probably the best year of my life, and the years did get better.
I’m sure everyone will add on, but ultimately I learned how to stop people-pleasing and do what I needed to do. I quit my career, traveled the country, reconnected with friends, and gone down the path I am now.
All I can say is, I kind of stopped fucking around purposely and focusing on something. I mean, I fucked around a lot too, but also got to a point where I could be proud of who I am and what I’ve done.
And you will too!
It’s getting better and better the older you get
It is not about the number but if the big things happen to your life.
Example. Life before and after childbirth
Im 32 and this year has been the best of my life. In the best shape of my life, newly single, getting jacked, going out dancing every weekend, back in university fulfilling my calling, coaching tennis part time, meeting a fkton of new people, getting out of my bubble, working on my social skills and game…
I’m so fucking busy I can barely keep up but because it’s all stuff I chose to do to improve myself it doesnt get overwhelming. Meanwhile 80% of the people I know my age act like they’re geriatric. I have a couple friends from hs who are always going on in our group chat about how they’re “ready to retire” and “halfway dead” and I’m like wtf?
The older I get the more I realize that age is just a combination of lifestyle and mindset. If you act youthful and take care of yourself there’s no reason you cant keep living life to the fullest.
Same as it was the day before
There is no difference between 29 and 30 😉
But thinking in terms of decades, each one has been better for me than the one before.
I definitely don’t want my 20s back.