stuff to leave behind when your turn 35

[buffcoat]

Living paycheck to paycheck should be out of the way by 35, in my opinion.  My closest friends are completely split between those who make gobs and gobs and those who don't make enough to put any aside.

It might not make a difference at 25, but I think it makes a big one by the time you're 35.  Always having to choose between reasonably priced luxuries gets old, from what I hear.

[SJK]

Wow, I'm busted on so may levels regarding the things that should be left behind. When I work I make decent money...I'm a freelancer. When it rains it pours, when there is no work there is no work. I have very little control over that. I haven't had a regular paycheck since I was 25. It hasn't made my life so predictable, which I guess is something that I like. It also hasn't stopped me from doing the stuff that I want, owning property, traveling, eating good food. I've met people in all stages of life who are still figuring out what to do, they tend to be some of the more interesting people I've encountered. In my own family...Auntie R defended her PHD thesis at 65(also working full time and raising kids on her own///it took ten years of part time studies)...I thought that was kind of amazing. My mom had a house full of kids in her late forties and decided that getting a university degree was a good idea, and it was. So, ultimately I don't buy into most of the things you should leave behind at a certain age. Although I like the idea that one should be organized enough to manage their responsibilities as best they can at any age. I wonder if all these posts, aside from the comedic aspects, are implying or hoping for stability and a level of comfort at a certain age. I think it comes down making good decisions, hard work, and luck. I could be wrong.

Sorry for getting so serious.
How about, Spider-Man curtains and bed sheets?

[fonpr]

Always having to choose between reasonably priced luxuries gets old, from what I hear.

Depends on what you consider "reasonably priced" and "luxuries".

"America has too much of everything," Jack LaLanne.

[buffcoat]

I just wish I could have cookies AND pizza that I don't have to turn on the oven twice to get.

[Christina]

Tilting at windmills, my man.

[Sarah]

Hey, the man's a dreamer.  Show some respect.

[cutout]

I just wish I could have cookies AND pizza that I don't have to turn on the oven twice to get.

I assume you mean this -

A cookie pizza...I call it a cookizza

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

I hear you, buffcoat.  Personally, I've had it up to here with regularly-spelled chicken wings.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

I hope that's not the case for me. I've always said that new music will remain exciting and so far I'm still anxious to hear new stuff at age 30.

Tom has made it public that he is both in his fifties and always buying new music- i have no fear of losing this interest.  EVER.

[Ojingeo]

When you're thirty-five you should stop self-identifying as a "libertarian." And probably as a "Marxist." At 25 you should have stopped thinking Ayn Rand was any good.

[fonpr]

When you're thirty-five you should stop self-identifying as a "libertarian."

Would you prefer anarchy?

[buffcoat]

Regarding politics, by the time you're 35 you should realize ain't nobody you don't know got your back.

[Ojingeo]

When you're thirty-five you should stop self-identifying as a "libertarian."

Would you prefer anarchy?

oh but fredericks, don't you know that Randians and libertarians consider themselves anarchist? (the corporations are supposed to take care of themselves, or something.) i suppose you mean anarcho-syndicalism. one of those leftwing brands of anarchy.

i agree with Buffcoat that nobody has your back. but i tend to lean towards the idea that we should watch each other's back, and we should allow people on our lawns.

i can't quite call myself a Marxist because it so antiquated an idealogy. and anarcho-syndicalism is another utopian dream--even it seems so much more desirable to rightwing libertarian anarcho-capitalism.

but i do believe that by the time you're 35 you need to realize that you live on a planet with other human beings, most in desperate situations. if you can give some, you should. the time for worshiping the idea of "selfishness" is over. it's adult time. time to start acting like a human being.

[Sarah]

Yes, by the time you turn thirty-five, you should understand that being kind is one of the most important things.

Not that people do, of course.

[Paul DeLouisiana]

Living paycheck to paycheck should be out of the way by 35, in my opinion.  My closest friends are completely split between those who make gobs and gobs and those who don't make enough to put any aside.

I feel you. Althought my friends don't MAKE gobs. They stroll through life easily because of their parents. I don't know what that's like. If I am living paycheck to paycheck when I am 35 it means I am still spending a hefty portion of my paycheck on records. I think I'll tone it down by then.