Something about full fledged being in my mid thirties was a great wakeup call to all the things I've been realizing over the past decade plus of official adulthood. It's like... Actualizing. For so long "over the hill" seemed so old and far away and now it's like... Right over there and the hill looks like it's gonna be a great one to nap on in the sun. Maybe I'm just growing into my autonomy and making it more real.
Posted Sep 16, 2020, 10:43 PM UTC
I’m 33 and have never felt better about myself. I have choices I made in my 20s haunting me now, but as far as self-confidence and all that go: I’ve never felt better.
Couldn't agree more, frankly. Every day I feel like more things fall into place and make sense.
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32 here. Sometimes I can't believe how much I've been blessed, how all of this has been given to me. Just a couple of months ago my family and I found a place that we can stay in long term, and can put down roots.
Asingle family home--an AFFORDABLE one--is a game changer, at least for us.
lol I felt that way at 33 and 34, 35 some of that optimism is fading but that might be do to lack of clean air in the NW, covid and everything else too.
I'm 34 too and feel exactly the same. Sunny days ahead (when Covid f**** off)
Interesting observation.
When I was 19, a bunch of us were partying; as the night wore on, one girl suddenly said "I wish I was 33." At that age, it sounded nonsensical to the rest of us, so we asked what she meant. "I don't know... I just feel like I'll have my shit together when I reach that age. Like, I'll have lived through all the craziness we're going through now, and I'll have life experience, and I'll be mature and able to handle life."
It still seemed unlikely to me back then, but it stuck with me - and she wasn't wrong. But I was happy to experience all the craziness and fun I went through getting to 33.