Dear god, let me skip to my 30s please?
Being 22 is awful. Most of the people I've asked so far say the same. And I can understand why. There's just so many stuff to figure out: What kind of person I am? What kind of career I want? What kind of partner do I want? And oh god don't even get me started on adulting and bills. And working a 9-5 yuck.
When I picture myself as a 30 year old, I imagine myself to be sipping pina coladas on a beach, with my wife resting right next to me.
I like to imagine I'm content with life by then. That I'm aware of my identity and able to suppress my demons. I hope I also get a rock solid body by then to sport my bald head. Most importantly, I hope I'm used to life by then and not getting anxious and sad over every little thing.
So yes, dear God...let me skip straight to the 30s please?
Yours,
Cheeky lazy monkey
@RK0005
Thank you i needed a good hardy laugh to start the day.
do not wish time away .. time is one commodity we spend freely without knowing how much we have.
we all picture a bright future but no guarantee enjoy your twenties and then your thirties .... no one but you is keeping score. even when they start in on pushy questions.
@toughTiger6481
Yay glad to see you smile! You're right: Time's the most valuable thing we got. I do want to spend it wisely...need to keep reminding myself that we're all gonna pop off soon.
Still tho I wish we could skip the icky bits of living. Kinda like just skip, ya know.
@RK0005 If you don’t appreciate where you are right now you’ll be in for big disappointment when 30 arrives. Also don’t count on having it all figured out by 30. If you want to really experience life get off of social media for a month and go travel or climb a mountain, surf, scuba, ski, camp with friends, read a book, learn mindfulness meditation, eat foods you never ate, volunteer in your community. Stop dreaming of the future, stop living there otherwise you might as well go sit in the lobby of a movie theater for 10 years waiting for the show to start. And guess what, once you actually get to see the show you’ll find the movie trailers lied to you and you’ll end up sitting in that theatre lobby waiting for the retirement movie to start.
@PineTreeTree
Ah man you're right. I'm thinking about living rather than living itself. So many stuff to do, if only I could get off the fuking bed...
@RK0005
If I can understand the idea behind your message clearly, I would have taken the liberty of answering it with the same dark humour, as for what could you expect after 30 😉
What kind of person I am?
Broke? Lonely? Still making many mistakes?
What kind of career I want?
Any job, no matter of my university degree?
What kind of partner do I want?
Anyone who wants me (considering my two previous answers 😉)?
...sipping pina coladas on a beach...
What about some cheaper alternative, like bottled water (I have some children to feed)? The beach... Yellow sand, or concrete?
...with my wife resting right next to me...
Ex wife?
I hope I also get a rock solid body by then...
Guaranteed! The stomach section in particular.
What about asking for a transfer straight to your 50s instead?
From my experience, then you would not worry getting anxious and sad over every little thing. But still you can sometimes feel sad over some really big things, like your children growing up, you getting older, and some people you used to know passing away...
Then you can make your decision to discover the world around you, to not accept anything that looks fake already at the first glance, to feel fresh and free, to forget all the opportunities lost, friends left behind, choices which proved to be wrong... In other words, to feel like 20 again 😊
@jacek73
Ahahaha I loved your answer. Eesh nooo stop breaking my post 30 fantasy 😭
