People in their 30’s, how is it?

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Im an 80s kid. I like my 30s way more than 20s. Lot less drama and lot more financial freedom.

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Wait until you get into 40s. You will have more money, freedom and several associates that will do most of your work. It’s just awesome!

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Financially great, but by now you're probably bored of many things you'd normally spend it on. You quickly begin to sense your own mortality from your health or physical appearance. If you're blessed to still have your parents you will begin to witness age really take their toll on them both physically and mentally. Relationships that you thought were lifelong might end or be over already. You might rediscover God or whoever you worshipped back as as a kid. It's lovely, don't worry about it.

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This seems more like your 40s than 30s.

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I turned 30 in 2020 but my lower back turned 75.

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Money is great. Back not so much

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Get ready to die a little inside

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Stop it.

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Eff

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Can millennials starting hating Gen Z like the boomers been hating on us all these years? 😒

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Us millennials are better than boomers. Let’s not fk up our environment, economy, and democracy

Honestly, I like the 30s. Financial freedom, I'm much more sure of what I like, who I am, and who I want in my life. I can still do anything I want, the things that I want to do just have shifted from partying and hangovers to things with a little less intensity, and naps, and bed by 11, and less concern abt what others think.

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The thing that scares me isn’t so much being in my 30s. It’s being single in my 30s.

And my confidence that pandemic restrictions will end this year is starting to wane, which isn’t great for my chances of escaping being single in my 30s.

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I felt the same way! And felt I was being irrational. Of course I would find someone. Everyone told me I’d find someone. Well I did. But almost a decade later. I’m 39 now, married, but we are having a really tough time conceiving. If you are a female who wants kids please consider freezing your eggs. I really wish I’d done that. We are considering adopting or a donor egg and it’s breaking my heart.

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Enjoying the last few months where I can put myself in the “25-29” bracket on job apps...

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30s are awesome. More sense of self, more cash in bank, more maturity to stop you from doing and saying cringeworthy things. If you’ve taken care of yourself throughout your 20’s (exercise, diet, etc), your physically still at the top.

Try and tell me there’s a better decade to live in.

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This is spot on. As long as you’ve taken care of yourself and not made any decisions that were too bad, you’ll be good.
This is true for dudes at least. Girls have it way harder.

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OMG, just turned 29 here 🙈

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Depends if you have kids or not.

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I just turned 35, and I’ve enjoyed my 30s as much, if not more, than any other age decade. I agree with all of the pros listed above, but two stand out the most - having a greater sense of self, and thus more confidence; and having complete control over the choices that I make.

The biggest con so far has been the fracturing, and in some cases ending, of good friendships. On the flip-side of this is the opportunity to establish new ones, but it is difficult spreading apart from people that helped shape you during your impressionable 20s. I also still worry about money more than I should, particularly long term.

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I think it’s about where you are in life relative to where you think you are supposed to be. As long as you keep up, life is amazing and fulfilling at every age.

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This is an underrated answer, being happy with what you've accomplished and done at this point is so key.

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Energywise, I feel no different, but I'm way more confident and have way more money (as everyone who's responsibly spending less than they earn should).

I work out for probably an hour a day, intermittent fast and take NAD+ boosters so I'm actually making a concerted effort to age well.

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It's the first time when I felt truly alone. Losing my parents recently coupled with many of my best friends having kids makes me really feel the need to find people to fill my life, makes being gay a little more complicated since I can't have kids very easily

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I’ll be 56 next week. I think you can still screw around in your early 30s but by 35 there’s more emphasis to be pointed in a direction. Many friends will be starting families. Business minded people who’ve been hustling for a while will start to see success snowball. It’s a deeper version of peer/social pressure. There are exceptions but I think most people feel it. Choose wisely! And stay physically active, even when you realize some of those new aches and pains never really go away!

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I dreaded it until the day finally came, and then I was indifferent

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