35 year old man tells us – 20 things I wish I had known…
February 18, 2008
As we get get older, (with any luck) we get wiser. As the parent of two teenagers, I am constantly trying to give them perspective on the things in their life that seem SO IMPORTANT right now. (It is exhausting!) Perhaps if someone else gives shares the perspective that comes from having lived through some events, they might listen. (Mother is an idiot, after all, and knows nothing.)
Click over to Zen Habits to see the full list of twenty.
Number 15 is my personal favorite (surprise!)
15. Forget the drama. Focus on being happy. There have been many things that have happened to me, professionally and personally, that seem like the end of the world. And while these things were bad, they get blown up in our heads so that they become major drama. They caused me to be depressed from time to time. What a waste of time. If I realized that it was all in my head, and that I could be happy instead if I focused on the positive, on what I did have, and what I could be doing … I could have skipped all the moping about.
February 19, 2008 at 7:56 am
Two teenagers?? Props!
February 26, 2008 at 4:04 pm
We learn and forget this time and time again. After a while, we do get better; but yet we still regress. Peace . . .
August 17, 2009 at 9:24 am
good suggestion
October 19, 2009 at 10:17 am
Hey, there. I’m turning 35 also and understand some of your points. But for some of these it sounds more like you’re turning 50 instead of 35.
April 5, 2011 at 2:17 pm
Your an idiot!!!! Why are you putting this man down, just because he has wised up and you haven’t.
April 5, 2011 at 3:47 pm
Why, thank you Andrew.
Although, I am now 2 years older than when I wrote this post, hence more the wiser!
October 11, 2011 at 1:32 pm
I’m a 40year old woman, and I am definitely at that stage now.. Fighting it, but realizing it it’s not worth it.
January 20, 2012 at 2:54 pm
I WANT TO KNOW WHERES A GOOD PLACE TO TAKE MY WIFE OUT TO TONIGHT WERE 35 YEARS OLD SOMETHING FUN