6 things 30-somethings are afraid of…
Inspired by this post on Thought Catalog, I thought it would be good to expand on what fears the next decade has to offer.
1. Realizing you have no one to send a scandalous text to.
Nothing feels better then looking at your address book and realizing the only people you could be afraid to send a scandalous text to is a friend, or your mom, who might get excited that you sent one to her by mistake, because that means you are dating someone. Bigger fear: realizing you don’t care you have no one to send a scandalous text to. Important note: You may also be in a committed relaysh and that is why you have no one to send scandalous texts too either—unless you send them to your LTP and they think you are cheating on them…I guess that might be stressful.
2. Messing up your sleep schedule
You know you are in your 30’s when you stay home from a party that you know is going to be amazing because you have already done the ‘amazing party thing’ for 15 years and it is actually more fun to stay home and play on turntable.fm. Plus, you don’t recover as fast as you used to, so one night staying out till 4am is painful and who wants pain when you can do yoga and have brunch?
3. Your computer breaking.
So you have to use your desktop PC from 2001 or go out and put that Ipad on your credit card that you wanted to get anyway. Shit is not a game son.
4. Not caring about being judged.
Yes, you are afraid of not caring about being judged. Because once you realize you don’t care, that means you are who you and there is no going back. What exactly are you supposed to do in this world with a healthy self esteem or no external motivation to change your ways? I am not sure. But clearly if you did care you would be really upset that everyone thinks you are a failure for not being married and with child in your 30s (which should be an explicitly 20-something conundrum)—so it’s a good thing you have better things to do than worry about what people think about you.
5. Watching everyone who said they weren’t going to get married or weren’t sure about marriage—get married.
Need I say more. *Queue image of last single 40 year old woman standing* (because of course, life ends at 40.)
6. Not having the kind of health insurance that covers mental health care.
Because all that drinking and partying in your 20’s was covering up something and it all comes up in your 30s when you are too tired to go out and have to face your demons. I’ve got a great therapist if you need a reference.
Honorable mentions: irritable bowel syndrome, falling asleep during sex, caffeine allergies, your eyes getting worse from using your computer and ipad at the same time.
