As an 80s kid, hitting 40 was the best thing that ever happened to me. Shit that used to matter suddenly doesn’t, like you flipped a lightswitch. You get new superpowers, and they’re all bitchy. I recommend it to everyone.
Seriously, I’m 41 and over the last year I’ve slowed slipped into fuck it mode. Don’t get me wrong, I still have plenty of things I care about, but so many little things I’ve just stopped caring about and my life is so much more relaxed because of it. It’s amazing what hitting 40 can do to your mindset.
Do you have examples of things you don’t pay as much mind to anymore? I am having a hard time picturing that from just the two comments.
Mostly it’s everyday stuff, stuff I used to stress about now I’m like, eh it’ll get done. Social acceptance is another one, I used to worry about people liking me and couldn’t get past it if someone I thought I was on good terms with didn’t like me. Now I worry about that much less, don’t get me wrong I still want people to like me, but if they don’t I can just accept it and move on.
As an example, there was a guy in my office who hated me, I was never anything but nice to him, but he just hated me. The problem was we regularly had to work together on things. In the past I would have been going out of my way to try and get him to like me and find out what it was that he had against me. Now, ok you don’t like me, let’s just keep the interactions professional and to the point, and I’ll just leave you alone the rest of the time.
Basically you just learn to accept yourself and be happy with the good people and events in your life, and learn to just accept and move on from the others.
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I remember a survey done years ago that people say 30s and 40s are the best years of their lives.
Did an AI try to recreate this image?
A couple of comments are suggesting that, but I remember this scene and just assumed it was a weird still from the movie.
I’m confused why someone would’ve recreated it, or modified part of it with AI, but it’s possible.
I think you’re right. Aside from screenshots showing it looks wrong, here’s the actual scene: https://youtu.be/yZszK_M_9_Y
It’s not there, unless I’m missing it.
As someone who died at 28, spent six months in ICU fighting my way, I’m SO excited for 40! Growing old is a privilege, not everyone gets to
Born in 1989. Whenever an older person says, “never get old!” I always say, “it’s better than the alternative!”
Turned 40 last month and to be honest I’m kinda struggling with depression right now
Time for a mid life crisis then
Wish I could afford a midlife crisis
You can always pick up excessive running, just because you get a midlife crisis doesn’t mean it has to involve a Porsche.
Have you considered eating an entire large pizza and drinking a case of beer about it?
That just sounds like a Tuesday
The dreaded event happens in 8 days for me… Its so close, I can hear it around the corner.
I feel you bro
But the kid gets away but we won’t get away from time.
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Fuck you OP. I still have 2.5 years. Don’t remind me
I’m ready.
Doesn’t scare me, cancer does.
Shut up
We all age and die. What matters is what we do with our lives.
I’m fine with dying, eventually. It’s aging I don’t want to go through.
You find different things in the different decades of life, or so is my experience.
Brush your teeth and don’t burn yourself out at work is my recommendations, cheers!
Me, after a horrific 20s: "Alright, the 30s are gonna be my decade!
… please… they have to be…"
I typed up a complete rant about how i wasted away so much time to work, trying to obtain an income that’s capable of getting me a house.
But now is the time to focus on what IS positive at the moment, like how i’m still happily together with the wife.
If i let the negavtives of the past take control, i’ll just stumble down a deep hole again and i don’t want that.
The alternative is worse you know.
Yeah but… That’s in another 10 or so years.
Is the T-Rex grabbing the raptor age 50 or 60?
