If only life journeys could be smoother
In my mid 30s rn, and sometimes I feel like I’ve kindof wasted my past 2 decades by making so many wrong decisions be it regarding health or career.
For eg, spent more than a decade in a job industry which I didn’t enjoy and it took me so long to realise it and take drastic action.
In terms of health, hv endured through long periods of poor quality health ie poor sleep due to high stress, stomach issues due to bloating etc.
Life just has a way of bringing you in wrong directions.. it’s just so hard to get it right just in a few tries for me. It’s only till now that I start to see some real hope of improvement in terms of my health after I saw a naturopath.
Also in career wise, hv finally made a drastic change. I hope it’s not too late now, but also really wish this could hv happened earlier in my life.
Would like to hear if anyone of you feel a similar way? Wouldn’t mind hearing yr stories as well
Netizens’ comments
- Today is the first day of the rest of your life OP. Look forward don’t look back!
- Look it this way,if you hadn’t gone on that wrong path,you wouldn’t have realised that it is something that you do not want.Life is such that we just have to learn and improve from there.That wrong decision you’ve made also helps you realised that,everyone’s life journey will not be easy as you have seen on the surface. I wish you the best of what’s coming and be brave to embrace changes if needed to
- Some people waste their entire lives away doing something they hate, only to realise it on their deathbeds. 30 is still young!
- Hmm I guess if you hadn’t been through those experiences, you wouldn’t have learnt those lessons and change your course today. Sometimes life’s sweeter moments taste sweeter bcos of some of the bitter moments in life.
- Hi OP. Im in my late thirties. What i can say is, as long as you dont quit, there is hope. The moment you give up, you have lost.
I have a similar story, in that i didnt make optimal choices due to my natural inclination to explore, as well as a lack of guidance. Amongst my friends, I’m probably the least financially successful. A lot of them who went the safe route have made their pot of gold already, some have even retired.
Some of my suboptimal experiences have been quite traumatizing. However, these experiences have shaped me into who I am today. And I can say that I’m a much better person in terms of maturity and mental strength. In fact, I’m glad that life was not overly smooth, because now I have the hunger and motivation to catch up to and surpass my peers.
Mid 30s is definitely not too late to catch up. Life is a marathon, not a sprint. I see some friends who hit ED at 38, but they look so tired. I myself have a roadmap to hit that at 45; will 7 years make such a difference when we are 65?