#41

hahahahaha

this is the next level up from a like

#42

I agree with your first sentence quite a bit. A lot of people I know coming up to 30 have similar anxieties e.g. Iā€™m not doing as much as I used to, people must think I never do fun things anymore etc. Iā€™m 26 and living in Newcastle, but like you it seems as though Iā€™ll be moving to London when Iā€™m around 27/28. The main reason being my girlfriendā€™s career, but the change would probably do me a lot of good.

Not that arsed about clocking up the years, but I have recently become a little paranoid that the longer I stay in my current job Iā€™ll ā€œlockā€ myself out of doing anything else. Not that Iā€™m complaining too much about the job stuff, getting a full time job that pays okay and where you donā€™t get treated like shit is really fucking difficult at the moment. My other minor anxiety being that Iā€™ll repeat the same free time activities every month till they donā€™t interest me at all.

#43

Yeah, as much as I love Newcastle, there was a sense that I was doing the same thing every week and would do for the rest of my life.

In my line of work too, thereā€™s the perception that every year youā€™re not working in London is a year youā€™re treading water. Itā€™s a little unfair, but it is true that you close down your options and experience to a certain extent by working outside of the city.

#44

I thought this, but apparently it isnā€™t that easy to die

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#45

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. Iā€™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 donā€™t look back at anything with too much regret. Look forward with optimisism (and have a drink).

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#47

Iā€™m quite looking forward to it

because I already feel like iā€™m about 33.

#48

What does 33 feel like?

#49

I dunno
boring and tired all the time and hangovers are really bad ?

#50

I think I must be 33 too.

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#51

Itā€™s OK, once you turn 40 then hangovers go back to being really fun again.

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#52

Fretting about your age is as decadent as it is futile. Just get on with it, man.

#53

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 thatā€™s what comes with changing career - at least I sort of like my job.

Summary: Donā€™t get a tattoo.

#54

I was (am?) quite set on a tattoo, but Iā€™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, soā€¦

#55

is it really complex and do you live in London?

#56

No. Yes.

#57

Turn 30 next year, fucking dreading it. I take 5-htp now and I donā€™t want to get closer to death.

#58

recommend http://kidsloveinkdeptford.com/

loads of my friends have got theirs done there (including me). As a reference, this cost me Ā£50.

Theyā€™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.

#59

Deptfordā€™s really close for me! Iā€™ll check it out.

#60

Iā€™m going to be thirty at the end of November and it honestly doesnā€™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 donā€™t apply to me. My job is hilariously insecure, so thatā€™s fun! But otherwise itā€™s all great, I think I was born old so itā€™s just feels natural.

#61

Itā€™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 ā€œ14 years since Bad Santa came outā€¦ā€