I thought this, but apparently it isn’t that easy to die
I turned 40 last month. No dread or crisis. The same when I turned 30. My life aims are few. Have some fun; to gigs and pubs. I’m not one to compare myself to others who might be married with kids or have something approaching a career. Nothing changes obviously when you hit a milestone birthday. Just don’t look back at anything with too much regret. Look forward with optimisism (and have a drink).
I’m quite looking forward to it
because I already feel like i’m about 33.
What does 33 feel like?
I dunno boring and tired all the time and hangovers are really bad ?
I think I must be 33 too.
It’s OK, once you turn 40 then hangovers go back to being really fun again.
Fretting about your age is as decadent as it is futile. Just get on with it, man.
27 was hard. Turning 30, nowhere near as bad as I thought.
Feels a bit strange being bossed around by people younger than me, but I guess that’s what comes with changing career - at least I sort of like my job.
Summary: Don’t get a tattoo.
I was (am?) quite set on a tattoo, but I’ve floundered at the point where I have to find someone, make an appointment, etc etc. The only tattoo place I had personally recommended was the place in Exmouth Market but apparently they have a waiting list of months and charge hundreds of pounds per hour, so…
is it really complex and do you live in London?
No. Yes.
Turn 30 next year, fucking dreading it. I take 5-htp now and I don’t want to get closer to death.
recommend http://kidsloveinkdeptford.com/
loads of my friends have got theirs done there (including me). As a reference, this cost me £50.
They’re really good, reasonably priced and definitely take their time going through everything with you. I also waited like four days to get mine done.
Deptford’s really close for me! I’ll check it out.
I’m going to be thirty at the end of November and it honestly doesn’t freak me out at all. To be fair, I am already married, have a kid and had stopped partying quite a long time ago so some of the lifestyle things that other people may be worries about don’t apply to me. My job is hilariously insecure, so that’s fun! But otherwise it’s all great, I think I was born old so it’s just feels natural.
It’s not so much age which makes me feel old, more all the articles about albums/films having their 20th anniversary, and reading stuff like “14 years since Bad Santa came out…”
Lets face it the real big year is turning 26. Suddenly all those job opportunities to massage youth unemployment figures you can no longer apply for and traveling by train is now completely un affordable. I’m not looking forward to that. 30 is still a while away but I know I wont be close to having shit sorted by then. Which is completely fine. I have come to the conclusion that I cant be in a race with other people. I have to take my life in my own stride.
That said a friend who has just turned 30 is liking it. She feels its just a weight of her shoulders and enjoys being at an age where your peers are not as self indulgent.
a long waiting list is a good sign. for what you’ve said you want it wont cost too much. get it booked!
I think what you friend feels is what I feel too, and what you said about not racing, though for me it’s a bit opposite. I’m not racing to clock up the experiences and tick things off lists, I’m just enjoying what I have. I know people over 30 who are madly bucket-listing and it stresses them out so badly.
