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I'm 30 now (from time to time I feel that I've already lived enough and am mostly done), the idea of expecting at least 30 productive years ahead of me is intriguing.

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What have you done that makes you feel satisfied with your life? Just curious. I'm 37 and feel like I'm just getting started. Keep in mind that I have wasted very little time. Always working on some project here or there. Right now I'm planning my next fourty years. So it really makes me wonder how you can feel you are done.

Maybe it is exactly because I've "wasted" a lot of time on leisure activities so I have quite some fond memories.

Did some nice things professionally, too.

I am right there with you. I am a little over half way through my 30th year of life. I have "wasted" a lot by having a ton of fun and enjoying myself, while also getting plenty done professionally. I am excited about the future, and also intrigued with this concept of another 30-50 years of productivity, but like you, sometimes I can accept a fate of being 'finished'. It's weird, but not in a morbid way, more like a, "I'm so blessed to have been able to do all this amazing stuff" kind of way.

Totally agree. I feel like I didn't really start to think in large strokes until I hit 30. Maybe I'll feel the same once I'm past 50.

> I'm 30 now (from time to time I feel that I've already lived enough and am mostly done)

This is the most absurd sentence I've read in weeks. Wow, man. Talk to some people a bit older than you, maybe, and realize that you haven't done anything.

Yeah; totally! You're only 30 and already happy with your life!? That's way too fast dude! You really need to feel incomplete and unsatisfied for at least a decade or two more! /s

He didn't say he was happy with his life. If that's all he said it wouldn't be ridiculous, obviously.

That's what I chose to project into his response. Both interpretations are plausible which itself was sort of the point of my response.

That's amazing. I just turned 50 and I not only expect, but look forward to 30+ more productive years.

Think about what "mostly done" means, assuming you're a software engineer.

Or, why we switched to the vocabulary of "in production" or "shipping"

I'm trying to figure out if your situation is fortunate or unfortunate.

You're fortunate that you've done what you have wanted to achieve at 30 yrs old.

Unfortunate that you feel like you're done at age 30.

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