[Benjamin]

Those in their 20’s (those were the days) is there anything you look forward to/worry about for your 30’s?

Same for those in their 30’s looking to the 40’s, 40’s looking to their 50’s etc.

[Cherie]

Looking forward to Death

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Death

Well when you hit 80 I guess so.

I do feel like in my 40s I’ve thought about death a lot more than I used to. I hope by the 50’s that goes away.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

Well when you hit 80 I guess so.

I do feel like in my 40s I’ve thought about death a lot more than I used to. I hope by the 50’s that goes away.

I am sure it will, honestly I am looking forward to my state pension as I worry the goal posts will be moved again by the time I hit 67 and it will be nice to get given money for doing nothing for a change

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I am sure it will, honestly I am looking forward to my state pension as I worry the goal posts will be moved again by the time I hit 67 and it will be nice to get given money for doing nothing for a change

Urgh, the state pension being moved is still so far away. I’m not even sure there’ll be a state pension by the time I reach then. Plus they keep moving the age of the private pension.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

Urgh, the state pension being moved is still so far away. I’m not even sure there’ll be a state pension by the time I reach then. Plus they keep moving the age of the private pension.

I was able to access a small pension at 50 those were the days but it was locked in that I could take it at 50, so I was able to leave work which I hated and take a free lance job which I love, well not love love but its only 7 hours a week

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

Those in their 20’s (those were the days) is there anything you look forward to/worry about for your 30’s?

Same for those in their 30’s looking to the 40’s, 40’s looking to their 50’s etc.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

There's my guy

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I was able to access a small pension at 50 those were the days but it was locked in that I could take it at 50, so I was able to leave work which I hated and take a free lance job which I love, well not love love but its only 7 hours a week

Nice!

I’ve put savings/investments by in various places some of which I can’t touch for a few more years by my own choice (so I can’t piss them up the wall).

Currently living off of other savings whilst I sort the next stage of my life. I defo won’t be going back to a job I hate. Just trying to work out what it is I want to do next. Feel like I should know but I really don’t.

[Ammi]

…look forward to…?…probably the same as in the last decade, just a really good cocktail on a Friday evening…things I worry about…?…who’s making that cocktail…

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…look forward to…?…probably the same as in the last decade, just a really good cocktail on a Friday evening…things I worry about…?…who’s making that cocktail…

It’s your turn to make it

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

It’s your turn to make it

…see, that was my worry…that someone someday/some decade was going to say that to me…

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…see, that was my worry…that someone someday/some decade was going to say that to me…

The time has come. And it better be glorious.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

Nice!

I’ve put savings/investments by in various places some of which I can’t touch for a few more years by my own choice (so I can’t piss them up the wall).

Currently living off of other savings whilst I sort the next stage of my life. I defo won’t be going back to a job I hate. Just trying to work out what it is I want to do next. Feel like I should know but I really don’t.

Thats the thing isn't it I never really enjoyed any of the work I ever did, it was okay and got me by but I never ever knew what I wanted to be or work at and still dont, too late now...oh well

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…look forward to…?…probably the same as in the last decade, just a really good cocktail on a Friday evening…things I worry about…?…who’s making that cocktail…

[BBXX]

I worry about death a lot and I'm only mid 30s. A lot of my family have passed away very young and although a lot of it was lifestyle led, a lifestyle I do not lead, it's definitely contributed to what I would say can be quite major health anxiety at times. I am better than I was but still worry.

I'm hoping as I move into my 40s I give less a **** about stuff like that and with each passing decade I worry less about death rather than more.

Aside from death I am hopefully looking forward to more of the same as the previous decade - a happy marriage, discovering new skills, and eating my way around the world

[MTVN]

I look forward to being more comfortable and stable and the opportunities that brings

I worry about time slipping away and the years passing too quickly. Which is a silly thing to worry about because that's the worst way to waste time but it still happens

[Redway]

I think a lot of us feel the ultimate mortality of life a lot as we get older. Having an immediate family-member die doesn’t help.

[Zizu]

Oddly… coming from a ‘long lived’ family I always thought I would make 100 or more BUT that all changed when COVID19 hit our shores … I must have lost a few years off my life before I even contracted the damn thing !!

With all the panic and hysteria on our tv screens and radio … endless footage of people dying in hospital car parks or corridors in Italy and China

The daily ‘death count’ on the evening news programs … thousands every day !!

It definitely flicked a switch in me … for a good while I was convinced I was gonna die it was only a matter of time ..


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[Ammi]

Originally Posted by BBXX

I worry about death a lot and I'm only mid 30s. A lot of my family have passed away very young and although a lot of it was lifestyle led, a lifestyle I do not lead, it's definitely contributed to what I would say can be quite major health anxiety at times. I am better than I was but still worry.

I'm hoping as I move into my 40s I give less a **** about stuff like that and with each passing decade I worry less about death rather than more.

Aside from death I am hopefully looking forward to more of the same as the previous decade - a happy marriage, discovering new skills, and eating my way around the world

…yeah, I hope that for you too…I do understand your mortality worries as you’ve lost loved ones in their younger years and sadnesses can so much rule our emotions/fears …we can give too much focus and time on fears and worries about things that we have no control over and can’t change/and that takes from the eating your way around the world time of the here and now that will give you so much pleasure and it’s a no brainier really, isn’t it…giving time and space to the worries or giving time and space to the great food and travel, a great marriage and discovering those skills…


…death is something that I never worry about really…I think that many of us have lost loved ones very suddenly …so life is my only thought, I would say …and not looking forward to decades as such/or a new/next decade …just looking forward to what’s on the calendar in life plans as I make them… and look forward to the next and the next etc…

[Mystic Mock]

I want to leave a legacy of some kind before entering my 40's.

I want to be remembered for doing something good, whatever that may end up being.