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You’d be surprised how different life will look in a few years

At 23 I had just been married for a year, working an office job, swearing that I’d live in an apartment forever, driving this car I hated and unsure what I wanted in life. At 30, I’m eight years into marriage, and almost three into parenthood. I have had 3 different jobs since 23, we bought a house a year ago, and both my wife and I drive our ‘dream cars’ (an old Lexus truck for me and baby blue Subaru for her — we are normal people) and both working in the fields that we dreamed of. For my wife, she left her career in bridal and had two corporate jobs only to pivot back into a greater bridal role, and for me I’ve done misc jobs and ended up in this hybrid stay at home dad / teaching / design mix. Life looks so different than it did at 23. You starting over at 23 is fine. And it’s fine at 27. And at 30. And 34. And 41. And 47! Life is all about starting over. Different versions of you will be birthed and die over and over for new ones to take their place. You’re going to be fine. Start over and over and over again. Life is all about restarts!

@marianoleonczik

Aug 6, 2024

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Realize that you’re going to change your mind a bunch of times and that’s OK

I think right when you graduate college you’re under the impression that you need to pick a job/path and stick with it… and that’s your career! (What I thought. What many of my peers thought.) In reality as I live through my 20s: it seems that the more satisfied people have reconsidered their path, or maybe done a career switch, or applied to grad school when they never thought they would. My brother is joining the workforce for the first time in a few months, and I just keep encouraging him to be really critical of his job and critical of his life - because I think it’s great to identify what you don’t like and go ahead and start making moves towards the next thing. Inertia will often be against you, so you have to start slowly pushing thought the molasses asap. I also think it’s easy to become complacent in whatever you’re doing and delay change just because you’re scared. However, consider that when you talk to older people they’ve often lived so many different lives and had so many different careers and relationships and hobbies and travels…and you’re not going to have that same experience if you don’t quit and restart and shift and move and shake alot. All this to say, I think you don’t have to be so stressed out about whatever comes first after graduation because ideally it changes so so so many times. Maybe the grass is greener if you can just be satisfied and sit still, but I wouldn’t know.

@chlonline

Mar 27, 2024

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Life comes at you fast & it hits you like a truck

I was a post-grad slacker living with my Dad in suburban purgatory for the first third of my twenties. I was ready to let my life slide on by— “life” as such, in my estimation, being more of a mild affliction or some sort of spectacle to think big about or talk big about but not really do anything about. And then, suddenly— my father & I got evicted. I got thrown into adulthood without really much warning at all. Stayed with my grandparents on a mattress in their living room; got a miserable job in the big city ™️ & saved up for a few months. A friend was looking for a roommate to move into a house with her and some others. I took her up on it without hesitation. I have no advice. If my father had been more fiscally responsible, It would be 2 years later & I’d still be gooning my life away in suburbia. No job, no prospects, my life just continuing and continuing and continuing and continuing and continuing and continuing. Looking down the barrel of 30 with my dick in my hand, soft & spent. I know a lot of guys like that. They’re real, it can happen to you. I was almost him. I guess just know there’s no “ideal“ move. either do it or don’t. You‘ll figure it out whether you’re ready or not. God stepped in for me & forced me into adulthood. But He might be ignoring you for now, so if that’s the case just get a miserable job and save up first months rent & suffer until you realize that you’re pretty happy.

@steelyfan1998

Feb 11, 2025

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LITERALLY the funniest question ive seen on here

Put gloves on and seperate 20 cartons of eggs, idk

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Mar 19, 2024

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Literally 90% of america thinks of a fish when you say Salomon

Just where what you want.

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Feb 4, 2024

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Flip a coin

If you don’t like the result then you know your answer.

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Sep 3, 2024