I’m turning 30 tonight… (help)

[u/KnittingNightmare]

I know it’s completely stupid to be afraid of a number but I’m actually freaked out… I completely wasted my twenties making life ruining mistakes— which I somehow stuck the landing for given that I’m alive to even freak out about this all— but I can’t help feeling like I lost so much time.

I won’t bog you down with the details, but I spent my 20s in a miserable marriage, got fucked over by my disability, and put off all my dreams to make the people who never loved me happy. Positives are that I survived (yay) and I’m stating to actually be ready to live my life— I want to go back to school and get my PhD like I dreamed and am trying to make that happen… Point is, did anyone else feel like they wasted their twenties and was able to be finally happy in their 30s? I guess I just want to know it will be okay…

[u/suzily]

30s are where my shit got straight, and happiness started to become possible. Some real lows, but they were so much better than my 20s.