Turning 30 this weekend...any advice?

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Manix07

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The older I get the more I respect what my elders have to say. If I knew what I know now, when I was 17...well there's no sense living in the past. For those of you who've passed 30 and lived to talk about it, I'd love to hear your thoughts.
 
You have to watch Logan's Run on your 30th birthday.
Mandatory viewing.;)
 
You have to watch Logan's Run on your 30th birthday.
Mandatory viewing.
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I actually tried to sit through the whole thing but the campy graphics were more than I could handle. Sober. Might have to give it another chance this weekend :)
 
Look on the bright side ... If you're lucky, you've got 60 years to go. Enjoy 'em ... they go by fast. Some day you'll wish you never wasted a one.

Happy B. day by the way :D
 
I am quite a few summers past 30 - and agree with others - enjoy every one as they go by way too fast.

Travel, take care of your bucket list, spend time with family and friends whenever possible.

Too many people wait until retirement to do those things.

Also - carry and use your expensive knives - a safe is no place for them.
 
If you're not currently in the best shape of your life, I would encourage you to do it now! It will otherwise require twice the effort for half the gains in another ten years. Make the best of your free time - the years really do zip by the older you get.
 
At 30, I was in no position to give advice. Now, as an old fart, I give too much.
Here's mine:

Eat less, exercise more.
Don't mess around.
Buy low, sell high.
Change underwear and socks daily.
Butter the top of your toast only.
Be wary about email offers from Nigerian finance ministers (some of them are fraudulent.)
You're going to die some day, but try not to think about it.

That's about it. Happy Birthday :)
 
Spend time with family, stay positive, worry less about the small stuff and take care of your health.
 
What kycolonel said. Start now don't put it off, I'm 40 and its hell to get motivated to work out. If I would have just started a regiment in my 30's I'm sure it would have carried over. But a lot of my deal is I got married at 30 had a kid and suddenly didn't have time for the activities I used to do. Now I have time but its twice as hard. Happy Birthday and stay active.
 
znapschatz said:
Eat less, exercise more.
Don't mess around.
Buy low, sell high.
Change underwear and socks daily.
Butter the top of your toast only.
Be wary about email offers from Nigerian finance ministers (some of them are fraudulent.)
You're going to die some day, but try not to think about it.

That's about it. Happy Birthday :)
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Yup. That is pretty much it. 30 is pretty easy. At 30, it's time to stop drinking a lot of the cheap stuff and switch to smaller amounts of the good stuff... and the same concept applies to a lot of other things too.
 
Happy early birthday to you. I'm almost there too, 1.5 years to go for me. My mom told me something that kinda still stuck in my head until now, just a few months ago she said something along the lines of, "you're not young anymore, if you get hurt it'll take a lot longer to recover". So as others said, just watch what you eat and exercise more. I think once a person hits 30 their body is just not really the same anymore, and you start seeing the effects of wear and tear surfacing.
 
1st of all, Happy Birthday!

Be happy. You control this. Not anyone or anything in your environment.

Always do your future self favors. It's human nature to procrastinate. Git-er-done now and your future self will thank you.

Time is your best friend if you don't let it rule your life and your worst enemy if you do. Live for the moment.

Your ego is your 2nd worse enemy. Practice squashing it from time to time to keep it on a leash.

Love isn't love unless it's unconditional.


PS: One of these days I might take my own advice :D

Best,
 
Oh, and, if you haven't done so yet, it is time to create a formal retirement plan. Yes, it's about 35 years away and the plan you create today is likely to be vague and not likely to be exactly what you retire with, but you still need to start crystalizing some plan. And you need to start working on that plan which means saving. Even if it's only $25 a month, it still adds up and grows over time. Don't put this off.
 
Gollnick said:
Oh, and, if you haven't done so yet, it is time to create a formal retirement plan. Yes, it's about 35 years away and the plan you create today is likely to be vague and not likely to be exactly what you retire with, but you still need to start crystalizing some plan. And you need to start working on that plan which means saving. Even if it's only $25 a month, it still adds up and grows over time. Don't put this off.
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Bingo! What Gollnick said. I've heard that a Roth IRA is supposed to be awesome. After tax dollars go in, no taxes paid on the money you take out, including interest. But I could be wrong.

At 30, you are just beginning to mature and learn more about who you are. Trust your instincts. Become who you are and not who you think you are supposed to be. By the time you are 40, you are gonna be really enjoying life, and it will get even better. The 50's rock. I'll tell you about the 60's next year.
 
FWIW,

I've got about 5 years ahead of you. Not much difference really but some good points for the "new guy at the door." Not over the hill yet of course but definitely at a stage to be smart about a lot of things for later down the road.

I can best sum it up in two words, first is: cumulative. Mostly it's about the building up of either the good or the bad. Secondly, as you might be in a "less restless" stage in your life already, its about streamlining your friends and stuff around you. Some things you might keep, some things you keep at a distance and then some things you have to completely move on from.

1. Health - I've been athletic most of my life BUT you do have to watch out for the common excesses (<<< emphasis on that word): sugar, fats salts. If you don't, you'll get to hear the words "bp monitoring" and "triglycerides" and "lifestyle change" a hell of a lot more later in life.

2. Saving-up - already discussed and explained well.

3. Coming to terms with things, but most of all, YOURSELF if you haven't done that already. It means accepting and being comfortable not only about you are but more importantly, who you are NOT. What you can and can not do. This is part of the streamlining I previously mentioned. This I believe makes for true happiness in the long run.

Happy Birthday to you!
 
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Join a healthy, well-balanced church and find a Godly, low-maintenance woman. Do that and everything else for the rest of your life will be ok.

And if you want to retire with that woman some day, put 15% of your gross income into a retirement equity account, which should include maxing out any employer matching of a 401(k) and maxing out an annual Roth IRA contribution. Make hay while the sun shines.

And buy a Harley.

That pretty much covers what you need for a good life.
 
My advice is DON'T DO IT! :D Im 32 now and trust me it does not get any better than 29! All kidding aside as long as you take care of your heath and quit the partyin your 30s are no problem. Being a kid is ok for while but knowledge and experience are priceless.
 
Family and friends are at the top of the list. Money is a distant third. You are about to go from being in your twenties to being thirty something overnight. It really sucked for me. I'll be 40 in about a year and a half. The years go by very fast. Try to make them count. And always remain teachable.
 
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