30 Things You Get To Learn In Your 30s
Discover essential life skills and hidden gems that shape your decade of growth and success.
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Your 30th birthday brings along a sense of pride and accomplishment. It’s a fascinating age where you start feeling that you’re getting matured, or we can say, old enough to manage things your own way. Here are 30 super things that you’ll get to learn when you’re in your 30s.
1. You keep on forgetting that you’re not in your 20s anymore, and don’t act your age.
2. If you’re still single while you’re in your 30s, people start judging you.
3. Clothes are no longer the only place where you’ll find wrinkles; you’ll start noticing them gradually on your face too.
4. Your Facebook newsfeed will now be full of family pictures of your friends.
5. The clothes from your 20s make you realize how different your body is now as compared to your 20s version.
6. And this is why you start buying clothes that look more sensible and are comfortable to wear.
7. You Learn to say NO to things that you don’t like.
8. You start realizing that sometimes saying nothing says it all.
9. You start investing more on quality items rather than focusing on the quantity of the products.
10. No matter what, you become determined enough to follow and achieve your dreams.
11. You don’t let failure hold you back.
12. You love the feeling when somebody compliments you and says, “You still look the same as you used to in your 20s.”
13. Your favorite food can now create havoc in your stomach.
14. Hangovers are a nightmare now.
15. The only time you get to enjoy with your friends is either your colleague’s/relative’s marriage or at office parties.
16. Instead of looking out for new game stations or clubs nearby, you start concentrating on financial or investment plans.
17. Your back, in fact, your entire body keeps hurting for no reason at all. Maybe that’s a sign of aging!
18. The number of divorced friends starts increasing in your friends list.
19. You start realizing that you should not give a damn about relationships that suck.
20. You will notice abnormal hair growth in some places while you lose hair in others.
21. The number of gray hair on your head keeps on multiplying day by day.
22. Your body is no longer as flexible as it used to be a few years ago.
23. You learn to be happy without having a bunch of fake people around.
24. Most of the time, you’re busy doing some or the other work.
25. And whenever you get some free time, you wish either to eat good food or have a nap.
26. You become more sure of yourself – and you can answer questions that you were unable to when asked a few years ago.
27. You realize life is a marathon, and you’re an active participant in it.
28. But sometimes, you feel like taking a break for a few days.
29. You find that a cup of chamomile tea at night is more comforting than a glass of wine.
30. You’re all set to jump to your 40s.
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Jyotsana Rao is an engineering graduate from NIT, Nagpur, who discovered her love for writing during her undergraduate days. She is passionate about writing about everything related to beauty - makeup, fashion, hairstyles, skin care, or hair care and has 4 years of experience on writing in these genres.
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