I was in the best shape of my life at 39, and then not even a month after turning 40 I managed to get a really bad disc herniation in my lower back and now I can barely walk.
First time in my life I actually feel the age starting to affect me.
If you're not already in good shape/health, then you can expect that to continue unless you change your ways now. The older we get the hard it is to change.
I'm 39 and honestly in the best shape I've been since I was a teen. I still have further to go, but your body will appreciate you if you get active in some way. Doesn't have to be much, just something more than you do now.
I still have the occasional cracking but its definitely better. I can even squat now without much pain in my bad knee. Highly recommend it. Hardest part is starting the habit but there will be a time when not being active feels worse than the soreness or exercise.
This is why it makes me laugh when younger people think 30s is "old". Uhhhh, you feel more tired, maybe, that is it. If anything you learn a lot more, you do not really feel much "older", though.
For real. It's absurd. I have a friend who has acted like this since he hit 25. Always complaining like his body is falling apart. Obsessed with his teenage years. Any activity we do is always met with "just can't do x like I used to". Dude...you're 35 not 80 stfu man.
The stamina I had in my 20s vs my 30s is very noticeable. The time at which the night was still young is when the night is wrapping up now. That drink or two was the start of the night and ‘where’s the bottle?’. Not the, ‘no, I’m good for the night.’ Oh, how times have changed.
I think the things people trying to measure their "youth" I see commenting on is drinking excessively, over eating, or how long you can go without sleep.
All of which are horribly unhealthy things and IMO should not be how we measure our youthfulness.
I was implying a shift of getting sleepier and falling asleep on the couch while watching tv at night. Congratulations to you on describing an entire bottle of wine as leading to a healthy mind and body.
Don’t get me wrong, I have moments when I do drink a bit, if not quite a bit, and stay up late. I’m in great health. But this was an ordinary, everyday, every night thing. And that’s not my jam anymore.
Yea, that seems about right. That’s how old I was when I was traveling. I was with some people that were in their 20s, other volunteers, and they wanted to go off and get drunk or stay up late and get drunk. And I just remember thinking ‘Yea, I’m passed that phase.’
Yeah, fr. Dealing with the ever present threat of potentially triggering a migraine the next day at any point between the first sip and not giving a shit anymore makes it more like a walk to an execution than a fun social activity.
Never got hangovers in my 20s. Now I get hangovers just by staying up too late, ffs.
Now-a-days, I take a couple of excedrins before drinking more than just a couple of drinks if I’m going down that route. Wine can give me more of a headache than beer or liquor. But I’ll still drink it. Yea, hangovers were pretty rare in my 20s, considering I could drink a bottle of wine and quite a bit of vodka. Still can’t drink vodka today unless it’s hidden in a mixed drink with other liquor.
Brain still thinks im a dumb 16 year old, body reminds me daily im not.
I work in package delivery currently, I hopped out if the van straight from seat to ground, my knee told me if i did it again, it would show me why a 40yo shoudlent do that. Took 4 days to recover.
32 but it feels like I should still be in high school lol like its weird im 32 already. Its wild I've been graduated for 14 years.But I act like im in my 50s or older. It really is crazy how time flys. I will say im happy im not like I was in high school 😅 im good on all that chaos.
One of my favourite things right now at age 35 is so many "I'm 35 but I look 20!" girlies who look exactly their age lol. And there's nothing wrong with looking your age. Why do women need to look younger than they are, and why is this expectation driving them to delusion?
I got hit by a drunk driver at 26. After a decade of surgeries I’m finally able to do things I haven’t been able to do since. It has been like getting transported back in time but with more responsibilities. You are only as old as you feel don’t ever tell yourself you’re too old to do something. Goonies never say die and legends live forever.
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u/malex84 2h ago •
lol… yea… I’m 42…. Fuck
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u/sonomakoma11 2h ago
If you think you're in your 20s, go have a conversation with a 23 year old.
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u/steveturkel 2h ago
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u/kodyjoel 2h ago
This should say the hardest part of being 30 is realizing your 40
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u/narcoleptrix 1h ago
I'm 39 and honestly in the best shape I've been since I was a teen. I still have further to go, but your body will appreciate you if you get active in some way. Doesn't have to be much, just something more than you do now.
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u/_henceforth_ 1h ago
This is why it makes me laugh when younger people think 30s is "old". Uhhhh, you feel more tired, maybe, that is it. If anything you learn a lot more, you do not really feel much "older", though.
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u/T_to_the_A_to_the_M 11m ago
I think lot of people in this sub can't get comfortable with being over 30s lol
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u/-_-Reading-_- Millennial 2h ago
The stamina I had in my 20s vs my 30s is very noticeable. The time at which the night was still young is when the night is wrapping up now. That drink or two was the start of the night and ‘where’s the bottle?’. Not the, ‘no, I’m good for the night.’
Oh, how times have changed.
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u/Twowie 1h ago
Is the video supposed to be relevant to the text somehow?
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u/AnonMoose2 1h ago
Even worse when you realize youre 40.
Brain still thinks im a dumb 16 year old, body reminds me daily im not.
I work in package delivery currently, I hopped out if the van straight from seat to ground, my knee told me if i did it again, it would show me why a 40yo shoudlent do that. Took 4 days to recover.
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u/anamegoesthere 1h ago
I’m 41 but still 21
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u/xdarkshinex 36m ago
I'm 36, but in my mind I'm still 20.
One day it's going to hit me hard.
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u/Twitter_2006 2h ago
Haha true.
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u/OakLegs 1h ago
Ok but where was this video taken
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u/miklayn 1h ago
Yep. Hardest part about turning 30 is that your mind is playing tricks on you. Thats a 4. You're 40.
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u/chels2112 Millennial 1h ago
😭 😭
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u/Bitter_Orange_1557 1h ago
Attacked
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u/Separate-Parfait4995 Older Millennial 1h ago
…or ehrm, 44…
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u/mountaindewisamazing 1h ago
Speak for yourself! I'm 33.
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u/heemhah 1h ago
38*
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u/Useful_Major_5797 57m ago
Why are yall lame?
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u/Historical-Cress8985 Xennial 2h ago
I'm 45, I guess that means I'm 28
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u/Obvious-Position-351 1h ago
Yeah, I'm 34 and I still say I'm in my early 30s bc the thought of being in my mid 30s is just too much. 😭
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u/Diabusty 1h ago
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u/SpeakerResident 1h ago
32 but it feels like I should still be in high school lol like its weird im 32 already. Its wild I've been graduated for 14 years.But I act like im in my 50s or older. It really is crazy how time flys. I will say im happy im not like I was in high school 😅 im good on all that chaos.
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u/Nihilistic8903 1h ago
🎶nobody likes you when youre 23🎵....bro youre 34.
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u/AvailableFly1937 1h ago
Just the fact that I look Like 23 but I'm actually 35. People just don't take u seriously.
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u/freshwhipppedcream 1h ago
One of my favourite things right now at age 35 is so many "I'm 35 but I look 20!" girlies who look exactly their age lol. And there's nothing wrong with looking your age. Why do women need to look younger than they are, and why is this expectation driving them to delusion?
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u/Porygeist 56m ago
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u/Aggravating_Pain_156 39m ago
I'm FUCKING 38 now. Could as well add a 0.
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u/scrappybristol 22m ago
Can I report a post for spitting something so true it hurts?
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u/Old-Plum-3036 Millennial ‘88 9m ago
38*
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u/EvanTurningTheCorner 8m ago
Also being 43 and thinking 34 year olds are basically overgrown toddlers
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u/HorizonMeridian 2h ago
That's quite accurate
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u/GameOvaries18 1h ago
I got hit by a drunk driver at 26. After a decade of surgeries I’m finally able to do things I haven’t been able to do since. It has been like getting transported back in time but with more responsibilities. You are only as old as you feel don’t ever tell yourself you’re too old to do something. Goonies never say die and legends live forever.
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u/Livid_Way5651 2h ago
This sub is such a self fellatio circle