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Enthusiast
My goal is to live to see the next century. So my 60s will be my new 20s.
Chief
If you lived in NYC pre-covid, then definitely yes.
Pro
I'm 31 and I just became a dad and am letting myself go. So no.
Enthusiast
Congratulations on the dad bod!
Truth is no. But a lot of people who work in public pretty much lost most of their 20s. So they would like to believe so.
And forever lost summer for those in tax.
Only if 40s are the new 30s 😉
Agree
Yes and if hadn’t already hit puberty I’d say the new 13.
Make them what you want them to be. Don’t listen to anyone else.
Chief
https://youtu.be/vhhgI4tSMwc
Ef that video. BS
Read The Defining Decade (by Meg Jay, the woman in the Ted talk that D1 posted)
It’s been a few years since I read it but yes I found it helpful. I recall it gave me some good concrete actions/ideas for how to envision what I want from my twenties. It talks about building on your identity capital and helping think through how to tell a story about who you are and want you want. I can see how it could make someone more anxious if you focus on the timeline and are in your later twenties, but if you read it with a clear focus on “what are the tools she’s describing, what are the ways of thinking she’s describing” then you can think of those as actionable / applicable items to work thru any anxiety rather than fueling it further
Pro
Nah. Less energy, less tolerance for alcohol, less tolerance for sleep deprivation, homebody, less confidence in handling the unknown (think about just picking up and moving somewhere with no plan).
In the paint?
I sure hope so.
Enthusiast
Haha no
I hope so. Just turned 34. Feeling existential dread even more than usual lately.
Y’all got this fam!! Better days are ahead if you believe in em and go find em
I’m a leap year .. I’m literally going to be 11 for another 3 years bitches
Enthusiast
Nope. Companies treat 30’s as the new 40’s and hire 10’s instead of 20’s
Enthusiast
You’re joking?
As a Gen Xer, I am LOVING watching Millennials realize they’re getting older. Welcome to the old age club! Your 30s arrived in a flash. 40 will arrive quicker than you’ll know.
Enthusiast
Don’t let 50 hit you on the way out 🤣
My body doesn’t feel that way, but god I hope so.
No....
They were before Covid. Now I feel like an old lady.
Enthusiast
💯 seriously
41 and still going as strong as when I was in my 20s.