I'm only a few months away from turning 30 so I'm at the point where I welcome any and all advice for this next chapter I'm about to embark on.
So you could only imagine my excitement when I came across this Reddit thread that asked, "Redditors who are in their 30s, what habits should people leave in their 20s?" Here are some of the many great responses.
1. "Not prioritizing sleep, diet, and exercise. I could function pretty well with as little as five hours of sleep most days in my mid-20s, but in my mid to late 30s, anything less than eight hours makes for a subpar workday. Same thing with diet. A large pizza and beer for dinner after skipping breakfast and eating a sandwich for lunch would be an acceptable weekday diet plan, but now, I'd feel bloated, energy deficient, and lazy after a binge like that."
2. "Slouching. Fix that posture ASAP."
3. "The habit of regretting what you can’t change anymore."
4. "Worrying about the approval of people whose opinion is of no consequence to you. Live according to your values, priorities, and preferences instead."
5. "Any relationship that makes you feel exhausted at the end of the day."
6. "Not stretching. Range of motion just seems to magically disappear."
7. "I am not yet 30, but I can immediately say that I need to get rid of the habit of postponing everything. It only tempts you to be lazy more, and by the age of 30, you will be accustomed to not doing your business on time, but to putting it off for later, which ultimately leads to the fact that you don’t even start anything at all."
8. "At 30 it’s time to start looking after your heart and taking regular exercise seriously. Lifestyle changes now can massively increase your quality of life 20 years from now."
9. "Bad spending habits. Actually, look at your finances and create a budget. Got a big boy job in my mid-20s making six figures and suddenly thought I had 'fuck you' money. Anything I wanted I would just buy. I knew I had it, but I so wish I had buckled down a strict budget, invested more, eaten at home more, and saved more."
"I definitely didn't need to eat out three or four times a week and definitely didn't need to upgrade my PC twice a year or buy new clothes every month. I'm so glad I figured that out. It's nice looking at healthy savings, emergency funds, and growing retirement accounts as a fresh 30-year-old."
10. "Keeping up with the latest anything. It's tiring, gets more expensive, and it's just mentally more manageable to live at your own pace."
11. "Talking bad about other people. At 30, you should have enough of a self-image to be able to stay happy without needing to push others down."
12. "Being too self-conscious and embarrassed to try new things."
13. "Ignoring symptoms. If you have a weird feeling in your leg or if you get regular tummy aches or if you have any other odd health issue, don't be too proud or lazy to see a doctor."
14. "Not scheduling regular health checkups."
