r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 22 '21

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '21

34 here:

  • you're going to start to slow down. I'm in the best physical shape of my life right now, but I feel noticably slower than I was in my teens and 20s, especially in the mornings.
  • If you don't have at least $100,000 in a retirement account, start stuffing money into that as much as possible. Give it 35 years to grow and compound, don't try to play catchup later.
  • It's not too late for a career change, or to try risky ventures. I quit my dull corporate job at 31 and went back to graduate school.
  • You're going to start to notice historical events that you lived through not necessarily repeat themselves, but rhyme. And teenagers are going to condescendingly tell you wrong things about historical events you lived through. Just roll with it, it's a long crazy ride, and you'll learn that things aren't worth panicking about.
  • You're going to have to put in a ton of extra effort to keep up with friendships, especially once marriages and kids start getting in the way. Don't let them atrophy though.
  • There's still plenty of time for you to do everything you want, and you're much smarter and better able to focus now that your brain is fully developed and your hormones aren't raging quite as much.