25 now

[ncorbett42]

I've just turned 25. There's something about breaching the half-way to 30 mark that makes a man stop and think. The strange thing is that I didn't know where my life would be at 25. I didn't have some big goal that I failed to reach, but nevertheless, I have this feeling of emptiness, like I fell short. Maybe it was the lack of goal that is the

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Happy Birthday to the Prophet King

[mellikitten]

Keep close the people that mean something; disregard those that don't. Life is too short to neglect the friends that genuinely care for you to favor the friends who will only walk through your life.

Happy Birthday, Nathan David.

[joshbex]

Happy Birthday, man.

But don't look at 25 as being the halfway to 30 point, because that was 15.

I know what you mean about feeling like falling short. For me, it's like I should be further along in life (and by life, I mean material wealth). Especially when you hear stories of Alexander conquering the world before 30 and Napoleon's generals retiring by 30 so not to lose the brash edge of his army. It's almost like you should be somewhere by age 30. Despite what advertising tells you, life is a lot longer than 18-24. And modern life seems to delay advancement until age and experience kick in. Hell, 50 is the new 40 and so on down to 30 is practically the new 20. So we're really in no great position to think we should be somewhere by now. And with more and more students treating undergrad like the best 6 years of their lives, you're well ahead of the general population. It just feels emptier.

[dewaltgirl]

DAMN IT! josh beat me to it!

i was gonna be all like "yeah, i had that same problem with being half way to 30 nearly 10 years ago... it was tough"