Turning 30

[DeadlyDynasty]

I still have a little ways to go, but I remember as far back as 12 how I thought it was an eternity away. As I'm closing in on it I have this juvenile, somewhat unjustified fear that my life will not be the same. I don't know what it is, maybe you're looked at differently once you hit that magic #, or maybe it's you who looks at things differently. I guess I've always feared that my youth will be gone forever when I'm 30. Anybody else feel differently when they turned the big 3-0?

Time is a ...I remember watching the ball drop on 2000 in Times Square like it was yesterday.

[CuckingFunt]

I stressed about it like crazy (not as bad as I did about 25, though), but woke up that morning feeling exactly the same at 30 as I had at 29 and realized I was making a big deal out of nothing. Haven't stressed about either of the birthdays since.

Of course it helped that 30 was the first birthday I celebrated after finally having taken back my life and I was in a really good/happy place for the first time in almost a decade. Had my situation been the same on my 30th as on my 29th, I can imagine it would have been a bit more on the depressing side.

[4>0rings]

I'm getting there, and I feel the same. To me it's more of, well at 30 you're supposed to have your together and now your fun's over, get ready to die.

[dirk4mvp]

lol 30

when I was 12, 20 seemed like an eternity off. Now I'll be able to buy alcohol legally in a little less than a month

[Strike]

Turning 30 didn't really bug me at all. Since I hit 25 in 2003, I've not only not celebrated a birthday, I've barely even given my age much thought. There have been a few times where I've thought "This isn't where my life should be at this point" but I generally don't dwell on such things. Maybe I could or should be in a better place both personally and professionally, but I could definitely be in a much worse place now, too.

[Ed Lover]

c'mon son

are you gonna buy a red convertible and completely change your lifestyle?

tha outtaherewitdatbool

you're 30, not 60. don't be a cliche' son

[Creepn]

The main downer to turning 30 are your expectations. I expected to make a million dollars by 30.

[benefactor]

As CF said...it all in your head.

Honestly, I didn't really stress at all. When people asked how I felt I just told them what Doc Holliday said when asked if he was retired.

[spursfan09]

I think it depends on where you are at 30. I'm 25 and I was not even freaking out like my other friends were. I graduated from college, and I'm getting married so I feel like I'm exactly where I need to be. If at 30 I feel like I haven't accomplished what i would like to do by then, then I might freak out about it. But there's no telling if things will work out by then. I'm not even sure what I want by then.

[Leetonidas]

lol 30

when I was 12, 20 seemed like an eternity off. Now I'll be able to buy alcohol legally in a little less than a month

6 days over here, I'll be getting legally drunk before you tbh scrah

[Drachen]

30's (so far) = better than 20's

[IronMexican]

beimg 30 and not killing yourself yet.

[benefactor]

30's (so far) = better than 20's

I can agree with this.

[Spursfan092120]

30 ain't ...I'm 31 now..I promise you that you won't feel any different.

[Soul_Patch]

I found that age doesn't really mean a lot, at least not yet and i am 33. The big life changers come with marriage and a kid. Those things will drastically change how you live your life. It could be good or bad, depending on how you feel.

[Tinystarz]

wow 30.

[symple19]

It's not a big deal broseephus, unless you allow it to become one

I went out and got hammered like every other birthday and still had the exact same hangover I always have the next day

tbqmfh, after the army and the I saw overseas, we're all on borrowed time anyway.

Enjoy it while you can and don't sweat the you can't control

[oh crap]

30 is the new 20, or some like that. at least i hope so, i'll be there in November.

[The Gemini Method]

I like how the le says--before I post--or someone else does...

Turning 30
by Oh Crap

[ferg]

its not a big deal. u do kind of start viewing things a little differently if you havent started already.

for instance yesterday i went to la cantera to buy some clothes for work and went the buckle and the girl who works there was talkin to my buddy and asked if i needed find any clothes. i said no i already got what i needed. she says oh my god did u like buy going out clothes. i said no work clothes. pretty much killed the whole convo right there.

not only that but hearing songs on the radio and thinkng "man i remember that song when i was a _____ in high school". thats when u know ur not a kid anymore.

[The Gemini Method]

Yeah, I feared turning 30 two years back...thought it was the end of the world for some odd reason but it hasn't been. I've learned to be more reflective about things and not engage in so much of the same things I did as a twentysomething. I used to think that the adage of, "Time makes a man/woman wise..." was bunch of mularkey until I've looked back at how I was and all the immaturity I showed and now with the more experienced me, I'm glad that I've been able to learn from my successes and mistakes though.

[DeadlyDynasty]

c'mon son

are you gonna buy a red convertible and completely change your lifestyle?

yeah, I just made a bucket list too

[DeadlyDynasty]

Things are going well, I really have no complaints...just an irrational fear of time and getting old.

I found the responses to be pretty interesting (and encouraging). Some of the people in my boat (nearing 30) have some of the same general fears/responses, but the ones in their early-to-mid-30's look at the decade change as inconsequential--which is what I was hoping to hear.

[symple19]

Things are going well, I really have no complaints...just an irrational fear of time and getting old.

I found the responses to be pretty interesting (and encouraging). Some of the people in my boat (nearing 30) have some of the same general fears/responses, but the ones in their early-to-mid-30's look at the decade change as inconsequential--which is what I was hoping to hear.

it's gonna be just fine

[GoodOdor]

I'm 23(24 in 4 months), but it's crazy how one moment you just enter college, and the next you already out.....at least that's how it seems to me. For those of you who still go, enjoy every moment, those are probably the best 4 years of your life.

Can some of the older folks here tell me at what point they felt like their body was starting to slip up?

I enjoy playing Tennis/Soccer so much, I'm really scared of that moment when you lose that half a step....

It's probably not at 30 though.....