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Age 10-20 was miserable. Hormones. Parents. Bullies in high school. Difficult to find work. College struggle and debt.
Age 20-30 was better but still shit. Welfare. Homelessness. Police harassment. Juggling three jobs to pay rent.
Age 30-40 was so much better. Life was in order. Wife and I both leveled up our education and got a career. Traveled for the first time (Hawaii then Japan). Had kids.
Age 40 - life is getting better. Feels like the best days still happening.
I'm 35. Still waiting for life to stop being miserable. No hope in sight.
Yet but also: don't blink too quickly...
You donβt want to dry out those tear ducts and go on empty when you turn 60!
20s-30s: Time & energy, but no money.
60s-70s: Money & time, but no energy.
40-50s: Not enough of any of them.
im in my 30s i dont feel like i have any time, energy, or money
I've found eating a rich person helps a lot.
Give up on money and you can use your time to sleep β¦ which can make energy.
Worst case scenario you get some serious sleepies in
I'm 40. I feel like my life is over. My career was destroyed by Trump and all this AI bullshit. I fear becoming an old man and not being able to afford basic life essentials.
This is how it was for me. No societal expectation to care about things anymore. Donβt wanna go somewhere? Say you donβt feel like it or that youβre tired and boom, done. Nobody looks twice at you, which I suppose could feel devastating for some. For me it felt liberating.
Very little of my life was worth living until I was in my 30s. It was specifically due to changing societal attitudes towards homosexuality that allowed me to finally live in peace.
Life before 30 is great
Life after 30 is also great
Life is great.
Hey don't bring your positivity around here, I was just about to feel sorry for myself and blame my misgivings on stuff that isn't me.
Counterpoint: My back hurts.
You should get that taken care of. An occasional twinge now and then is normal, but constant pain? In your thirties? That ain't standard. In your forties, I could believe - although it still wouldn't be standard. But your back should still be in relatively good nick in your thirties, unless you lift heavy things for a living. In your thirties a backache should be nothing a good night's sleep, a nice stretch, and a long leisurely walk can't fix.
Unless... you DO lift with your knees, right? When you need to lift something? And keep your back straight and chin up while doing so? People don't constantly say to do that just for shits and giggles - it's universally good advice.
I really relate to this comic. I didn't like being a child that much, and I feel alienated a lot on the internet by people constantly wishing they could go back to having no responsibilities. I really, really like being able to control my own destiny and decide what I wanna do, even though it comes with increased pressures and responsibilities.
Hell yes to this. Childhood, Highschool, and even in to college were some of the worst years of my life. I never want to repeat them. Sometimes I fantasize about what it would have been like to be "normal", but I love who I am now and l do not want to give that up or go back.
Midtwenties and it feels over in a lot of ways. The majority of friends I've made growing up or in college are gone. People have spread out and started focusing on their own lives. Even people that I only ever knew online have began moving on.
In a lot of ways this has been fine because I've just turned inward and started focusing on myself too, started being selfish about what I want. I miss seeing a lot of my friends in person rather than random texts or seeing their stories on snap.
It's very confusing at times because I enjoy being able to do whatever I want when I want without consulting anyone but I also miss having people to do things with.
Let people go. You cant hold onto them forever, even in the best of cases. I have people who i consider my best friends that I haven't seen in years. Maybe never again.
The river of life has many branches, we just floated down different ones. Dont take it personally.
I've let go of them but the issue is finding new people to replace them.
Accept lamer people like work colleagues and such.
My egg cracked a few weeks after I turned 29. My 30s are gonna be an interesting time for sure, but I can actually imagine a future for myself now!
20s, a lot of fun but broke as shit
30s a lot of fun and actually had money for things
40s not as much fun and back to broke. Covid really fucked shit up
I was still βyoungβ in my 30s. Really better than my 20s even. Great time.
Then you hit 40 and things getβ¦ interesting. Thatβs when I started to feel old.
I literally found my purpose in my 30s. Nothing was meaningful nor worthwhile in my 20s
Anyone who yearns for their life as child has developmental issues. I'm not trying to say that as a sick burn, I think it's honestly sad and source of suffering for some people.
Or their life is shitty, boring and full of useless/pointless demands. They wish they were still children, because they at least had some (fictional) purpuse.
It's sad. Most of us realize life has no point and some wish for the childish illusion.
It's similar to me wishing I was stupid, so I wouldn't be burdened by the emotional consequences of opinions, thoughts and my negative perception of the world.
Also: it might also be child abuse (as an adult, you can intellectualise your experience, which you couldn't as a child).
Doesn't sound like an "or", sounds like a developmental issue.
I think it's natural for everyone to go through a stage of questioning the meaning of life, but if your end answer is "I just wish I was a kid again/stupid so I don't have to worry about it" then give failed to mature intellectually.
I agree that it could be brought on by child abuse or other trauma. I'm not trying to place blame on the individual, everyone's circumstance is different. Either way, I think it's sad, and I hope those people find a way to improve.
I thought I would have my own place and have settled down by my 30s... hasn't happened yet... so...
Glad to know she's still active. I miss her in webtoons
ITT: a bunch of βmiserableβ people who are way too comfortable and happy with their lives to fight back against what they claim is making them so (performatively) βmiserableβ
Is this really a product of age, or is it success? I'd probably be doing fine if I had a successful webcomic.
You'd be making dollars!
My 30s might have been more awesome if I hadn't reset my life/career every 4-5 years. I'd have been super bored and miserable in a different way if I'd stayed the course, but I'd have more money to waste on synthesizers in my big empty house, I guess.
There's still pleanty of fun and meaningful things I can do in my 30s
