The most common mistakes of 30-year-olds: according to 40-year-olds (21 photos)

“Don’t regret anything!”: quote books and motivational speakers shout. Indeed, everything that happened in life, after all, gave us valuable experience. However, we would like to devote more time to some important things - but we understand this more often as we age. What are the most common regrets of 40-year-olds? Users of the Reddit forum shared the most common “mistakes” of those over thirty.





1. “In a month I’m 42, and I didn’t even understand how my years flew by after 29. It seems like I spent them on autopilot, kept my head down, led a boring life. I regret that I wasn’t more active.”



2. “One of the biggest mistakes is staying in an unhealthy relationship.”





3. “Having children for show, just because everyone around is having children”



4. “The mistake of those over 30 is to think that you are already too old. It’s never too late to change your profession, start a new relationship or start taking care of your health.”



5. “The mistake is to move little and eat all sorts of rubbish. After 30, you can’t get away with it like you once did at 20.”



6. “Chase external achievements. You don’t have to have a spectacular career, a 4-bedroom mansion and a child right at the age of 30.”



7. “Don’t romanticize the past, and don’t think that 40 years is already old. Life goes on as usual, and we change along with it. And often for the better - we become stronger, wiser, more confident.”



8. “My main mistake was not paying enough attention to dental health.”



9. “Getting married for show and the idea of ​​marriage itself”



10. “Many women over 30 worry that they can’t keep up with youth trends. Calm down, girls, be yourself, and wear your skinny jeans!”



11. “After 30, it is important to take care of your body. And in general, about yourself - on the physical, mental and spiritual plane. I’m 31, and I’ve already had a lot of health problems. Go to the dentist, see the doctors, be active.”



12. “The mistake of those over 30 is to think that you are already fully formed and cannot change anything about yourself.”



13. “It’s a mistake to think that by a certain age you need to achieve unprecedented success, by 30 you need to start a family, and at 34 it’s too late to change your profession or start your own business.”



14. “As for me, don’t stretch and move little in general.”



15. “The mistake at this age is not to start saving money.”



16. “Smoking. I smoked for 10 years, quit at 28. My best decision. Now I’m 32 and healthier than before.”



17. “Don’t go to doctors and think that it’s only for grandparents”



18. “Don’t try to know yourself and your inner world. As Carl Jung wrote: “You cannot escape from yourself.” Indeed, it is important to understand who we really are, what we like, what we are capable of, and sometimes and include introspection"



19. “My mistake - I didn’t travel at all, but sat in my cozy cocoon. It’s great to explore what we have in our big world.”



20. “After 30, it’s difficult to maintain friendships because of a lot of things to do. Finding new friends is already more difficult, and connections with old ones weaken. It’s important to at least try to maintain the friendships that you have.”