What's something you realized when you reached your late 20s or early 30s?

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I realized that if the average age to die is around 77, I've lived nearly half of my life. And the older I wait to have a child, the more unfair it would be for the child.

Having to bury your parent at only 20 something or 30 something years old is probably rough. A lot of people don't bury their parents until much later in life.

Lliam · Accepted Answer

In my teens, I thought 30 was old. 
 
 By the time I was 30, I had a great job and things were going well.  
 Physically, I was a man and not a skinny teen.  
 I no longer felt like a kid and was able to relate to my parents as equals.  
 I realized how dumb I had been up to my mid 20s when I was still living the high school party life with my old friends.  
 Turning 30 didn't feel like anything. I didn't feel old at all. In fact, I felt like I was just beginning my life.  
 
 Even though I had girlfriends from the time I was 16 and had the greatest time being care free in high school and through my 20s, my 30s turned out to be even better.

exitseven · Accepted Answer

Life is not fair and sometimes no matter how hard you work, the world just is against you.

Nikki1989 · Accepted Answer

That you are as old as you feel. Age is just a number. Remember everyone ages but acting your age is optional.

jazzy34 · Accepted Answer

I started seeing my parents as people, not just my parents.

Billlewis · Answer

That almost everything I'd been told or otherwise led to believe about politics was patently false.

Lynx122 · Answer

Here the average age to die is 83.5 and I wanna make it to 100 :P I'm constantly realizing new things the last 3 months have been insane tbh I've never had so much development, it's not stopping. After overcoming the final part of my trauma it opened up a door to so many new things that I couldn't access before and now a lot is happening :)

ohsheeT · Answer

That there is more to life then we been told. And if you want answers you need to find them yourself. And we are a spiritual energy.
I also believe e sex is also a way to raise your vibration your Frequency and becoming olead you to a spiritual, almost transparent pure energy. For me it's one of the most beautiful things.
That I can learn experience and try to get to this place. More to understand d it

Joshydavid25 · Answer

"I realized that if the average age to die is around 77, I've lived nearly half of my life."

Seems like an overstatement, that's 11 years off double your age, I wouldn't call that "nearly", close enough is more like it..

And, well I've come to realize how sometimes, other people are just as lost as I am in life.. LOL..

ProbablyClueless · Answer

Nobody that you'd want to know. Literally nobody. Likes the guy who can't stop fucking around. Nobody likes it. Nobody thinks it's cute. Nobody wants to work with them. Nobody trusts that person with anything worthwhile.

That was a tough lesson for me to learn. I couldn't figure out why everyone treated me like I was some stupid immature kid. Turns out that the reason was because I didn't know when to shut up and get down to business.

Maybe_Maybe_not · Answer

In my early 30's, I realized I became grey and dull, exactly the sort of adult I was laughing at when I was a teen. It stings at first. And then it stings so much that colors appeared again?

WonderingManII · Answer

Things are not going right in my life and there doesn't appear to be anyway to fix it.

Shiprex · Answer

Sticking with the same job in the same place isn't rewarding. Mixing up where you live and work is much more fulfilling than one might think.

sage2021 · Answer

I just wrote an entire opinion about being that age and what I did at age 37. It's way too much to write ✍🏼 out again. Sorry 😐

Sun_Kim-Ai · Answer

That I can start over and reinvent myself however I want, I have the resources to change my life how many times I want.

Bricealan · Answer

@simslover92 At that point in life I had not come face-to-face with the really grim realities of life.

DrPepper12 · Answer

That I've made significant mistakes with limited time

Makeushiver · Answer

My skills as a lover reached the point of total confidence

AngryCarl2 · Answer

That I'm different to other people. I still didn't have a diagnosis for Autistic Spectrum Disorder but I knew something was off.

douride2 · Answer

I realized my father was a lot smarter then I thought he was when I was younger.

Chayce · Answer

Work hard. Small wins compound into something great.

anon1903 · Answer

I'm 24. Can I still reply?

slatyb · Answer

Your life expectancy is some years longer than 77.

Bklynbadboy12 · Answer

I did I curries my mom when I was 30

talka20 · Answer

That i should've started earning early

Xawyx-2 · Answer

I've come to the same conclusions as you...

KostasKouvalis · Answer

That I'm gonna die some day and my mom too.

Iron_Man · Answer

, I felt like a champ in my prime

Dongie · Answer

I've nothing nice to say today

Jennz6 · Answer

That’s true

qwerty2469 · Answer

Hitler was right. About everything.

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