Idk. I’m trying to change jobs. Trying to eat less and move more. Trying to drink less and avoid junk food. You know the deal.
Life is weird at this age. 32yo. I could go anywhere. I’m also afraid to do anything drastic.
I’m thinking about buying some new runners and upgrading to a newer car.
It’s probably just alcohol talking. I don’t know right now.
Tomorrow will tell.
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If you’re trying to drink less… it’s not working
10 scotch whiskies is a lot brother
I’m in the same boat though, I kicked booze and weed. Trying to change careers, but can’t find a job to save my life. Going crazy but got a feeling things will get better
Why are you afraid of doing something drastic? Fear of it not working out?
>Tomorrow will
tellbe hellftfy, best of luck friend.
Bought an electric guitar last weekend. Have been playing an acoustic for a few months but have been dying to get an electric and pretend to be a rockstar.
Its awesome. Its 6am here and Ihave headphones plugged into my amp and am playing worse than any guitarist before me.
I have spent a lot of my life using my free time to advance my career. Learning new stuff, writing books and blog posts, generally grinding. This last year my mindset changed for some reason and I’ve just started looking for ways to have as much fun as possible and meet new people and not worry so much about getting ahead. 10/10 loving it so far.
I’m just wishing I had a life to afford drinking at all and to eat more.
so at least enjoy it while you’re early 30s
Whisky isn’t a session drink, as you may realise in the morning.
Personally it just feels like such a turbulent time to be doing anything drastic if you have a stable situation as is. So much industry instability all over, prices moving every which way. Not the time I would be taking risks unless it really felt like a sure thing
Tomorrow will be hung over.
When I was 31 I started running a little (full disclosure: I have always been an athlete, played sports growing up and played baseball when I was in the military and then in college) and then somehow got into triathlons. Triathletes are annoying af so it was a natural fit.
I started meeting women (I was newly divorced at the time) and hooking up with various ladies at races and whatnot and it became a fun part of my life. I eventually met my wife doing tris and still do them, almost 20 years later, and I’m still in good shape.
I still drink two or three times a week (I have to make a conscious effort to limit my bourbon intake or I’d just be a drunk because I fucking love bourbon AND being drunk) and smoke a fuckton of weed every day and eat like shit but I also go bust out a 10-mile run or 30-mile bike when I get bored or am stressed out. It’s not the 20/100 milers I used to do when I was in peak physical conditon but I’m 50 but look 40 thanks I think to all the exercise.
The key is finding a balance.
Mobility is a luxury many cannot afford. Especially if they want to start something fresh. I wouldn’t waste the opportunity to go anywhere on the path to change jobs, eat/drink less, move more.
What’s the worst that will happen? Am I safe to assume you’re doing pretty well for yourself (solidly middle class, parents going alright, have a strong support system), but you’re just bored as fuck?
Fellow 33 year old here. I hear you. Yesterday I woke up with a terrible hangover after a week of binge drinking. I looked at my puffy face in the mirror and said fuck it! Enough of this shit. I went to a gym near my work that day and signed up. I got chatGPT to recommend a supplement regiment, and I hit it hard. Took a cold shower to shock my nervous system and I felt like a fucking god afterwords.
I gave myself the goal of getting shredded and yolked up in 5 weeks. I used to workout religiously in my late teens to my late 20s—I’m hoping the muscle memory kicks in.
After 30 life will beat the shit out of you and you will lose your rhythm if you’re not careful. It’s weird because you still look and feel the same as you did in your 20 but you start to lose that naive hope and energetic potential. Good news is that it’s all just in your head. So ditch the booze and go do something cool.
And Jesus Christ man 10 glasses of scotch…