Late 20s and
early 40s, the two main milestones of young adulthood, the intro and outro of
lifes’ golden age. Your 30s are seen as a time of accomplishments, when the
pieces start to fit into the puzzle and the broadcast of your life reaches its
prime time. But does anything truly meaningful actually happen during these
years or is it all social conformity, checking a list of professional
achievements and personal life goals and living by the book?
In your
childhood you have a pocket full of dreams, from the joys of Christmas or
summer vacation, to the excitement of a bday party or a video game, everything
is an adventure and everything makes sense. Through your teenage years you
build up dreams of love and how your life is going to shape up after you
graduate and there is no place for doubts or reason. By the time you reach your mid 20s however,
most of your fairy dust is blown away by
the continuous clashes with reality and its wind of change. As the
thrill starts to wear off, you start to question your ideals and goals, your
perspectives narrow down and you drift into a spiral of idleness, where all
days look more or less the same and all dreams are put into sealed boxes and
stacked into the attic of your mind.
Conformity
becomes the norm and passions fade out or become optional hobbies, if and when
you’ve got the time or mood.
Even so,
your life starts to reach a balance, you thought would never come along, you
tone down and enjoy your everyday life routine, ease back and relax, while
minutes, hours, days and years flash before your eyes, trapped in a Groundhog
life.
Events come
and go, work days come and go, weekends come and go, you live some, you learn
some.
Lower highs
and upper lows, no more dancing in the streets, listening to your favorite song
on repeat while thinking about great times or people, spending hours in front
of the mirror deciding what to wear tonite, living the lifes of your favourite
characters while reading a book, sleepless nights or daydreaming about your
next holiday or trip…OR future.
Blunt career
goals, self induced wishes of personal development or achievements, an artifice
of life that helps you still feel wired to the concept of being alive and
kicking.
Are 30 and
40 sumthing people pretending to be on the edge or are they still capable of
feeling and dreaming and hoping? Is there any true intensity and belief in what
they are doing or is it just a comforting thought for their ego and trying to
smack some sense into their current position in life? Is it too late or are
there still great times ahead, real living and life changing lessons and impressions to be
encountered after your 20s?
