What things are you too old for at the age of 30?
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Staying in youth hostels.
Now I am over 30 and have stayed in hostels over 30, and they range from 'yeah this isn't really aimed at me' to 'they probably should have turned away my business'. I'm happy to go on the odd pub crawl and sit around and talk s**t with people 5, 10 years younger or older, but if you want to sit quietly and read and get a nice early night then don't book a 10 Euro bed in a 16 bed dorm FFS.
I'm torn on what's worse between people who stay in hostels and expect them to be like hotels (i.e. private and nice) and people who try to live the hostel party life and come across like Matthew McConaughey in Dazed and Confused.
Now I am over 30 and have stayed in hostels over 30, and they range from 'yeah this isn't really aimed at me' to 'they probably should have turned away my business'. I'm happy to go on the odd pub crawl and sit around and talk s**t with people 5, 10 years younger or older, but if you want to sit quietly and read and get a nice early night then don't book a 10 Euro bed in a 16 bed dorm FFS.
I'm torn on what's worse between people who stay in hostels and expect them to be like hotels (i.e. private and nice) and people who try to live the hostel party life and come across like Matthew McConaughey in Dazed and Confused.
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I know people that have lived at home older than 30. I don't think I could do it, but they did it as a short term thing between buying and selling houses, doing renovations etc.
Still being at home at 30 is a different thing altogether.
Still being at home at 30 is a different thing altogether.
I reckon you guys are being a bit pessimistic on the whole new career thing at 30. FWIW I know someone who studied biomed at 28 then applied and got accepted into post graduate med at 32, I think his 2-3 years into the degree and last time I spoke to him his goal was to be a surgeon. Apparently there were a few pharmacists retraining to be doctors who were in their mid to late 30's as well.
I wouldn't want to start the whole process at 30 (3 or 4 year undergrad degree > 4 year post grad degree > 4 years intern and residency > 2-3 years as a fellow > specialist, probably means you're looking at a minimum of 12 years if you're starting with no bachelor degree), but considering many people have a undergrad and get paid when they are an intern it's doable. Even starting the whole process at 30, you'd be an intern by 38 at the latest and be getting paid. Probably not possible if you have kids, but possible otherwise IMO.
At 38, you still have 30+ years of working. I know I'd prefer to get paid 8 years of part time retail work and/or student payments while studying at Uni, then 10 years of intern, resident or fellow wages followed by 20 years of a surgeons wage opposed to 38 years of an average or above average wage of say 75-100k per year for 38 years.
I wouldn't want to start the whole process at 30 (3 or 4 year undergrad degree > 4 year post grad degree > 4 years intern and residency > 2-3 years as a fellow > specialist, probably means you're looking at a minimum of 12 years if you're starting with no bachelor degree), but considering many people have a undergrad and get paid when they are an intern it's doable. Even starting the whole process at 30, you'd be an intern by 38 at the latest and be getting paid. Probably not possible if you have kids, but possible otherwise IMO.
At 38, you still have 30+ years of working. I know I'd prefer to get paid 8 years of part time retail work and/or student payments while studying at Uni, then 10 years of intern, resident or fellow wages followed by 20 years of a surgeons wage opposed to 38 years of an average or above average wage of say 75-100k per year for 38 years.
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I moved out at 21, and all my closest mates, except one, have moved out. I'd hate to be late 20s and having to be told to take the bins out or to get the washing in. I'd also hate it if I had parents who still did everything for me at that age.
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Yeah can’t agree on this one. Headphones are infinitely better than that alternative of making a pest of yourself and blaring your music in public.
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Caring about what people under 30 think about how you choose to live your life.
Download is fine though, there'll be some real old campaigners there this year with Ozzy and Priest.
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I stayed in a number of those dorm style hostels in Europe and you pretty much had to get drunk every night to sleep in them as there was so much noise with other drunken campaigners coming and going, we tried to have a quiet night without drinking one night in Barcelona and we couldn't sleep with all the noise.
That's OK if you're in your 20s and you like going out and getting drunk most nights anyway, that's not the sort of thing you want to be doing over 30 though.
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Yeah was on a trip to Perth, YHA at 30 when I realised I was too old for this. Checked out and checked into a hotel not far away.
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I have never stayed in a shared room when I have utilised hostel accommodation.
I like my privacy and security. And I want to sleep when I want to.
I like my privacy and security. And I want to sleep when I want to.
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I know most hostels have single rooms but they are usually a fair bit more expensive than shared rooms and when you're on a budget it can cost too much.
We stayed at a hostel in Cesky Krumlov and because all the big dorm rooms were full they let me and a mate stay in this room across the road which was like an apartment with it's own kitchen and bathroom, it was usually a lot more expensive than dorm room accommodation but we stayed there for the same price.
It was a rare few days of luxury compared to some of the shitholes we stayed at, in Prague we stayed at an old school in the middle of nowhere that had been converted into a hostel but it had none of the normal hostel facilities apart from getting a bed to sleep in, it felt like the old Soviet era Czech Republic there.
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Yeah, or drowning out the absolute s**t people talk in public.
I don't think there's anything that is perfectly acceptable to do at age 25 that suddenly becomes lame when you hit 30 (except for still living at home... like, at 30 you'd probably want to have your own joint). 30 is still young. Clubbing? Going to music festivals? Dating uni students? People actually think these things have age limits?
There are some careers where you'll be handicapping yourself if you start after 30, but nothing that can't be overcome.
There are some careers where you'll be handicapping yourself if you start after 30, but nothing that can't be overcome.
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You can certainly change careers after 30, or 40 or 50 or 60, but something like becoming a surgeon is a massive undertaking. You'd need to effectively fund yourself through 6-7 years of undergrad study and then however much postgrad study and on the job training that is required after that. Best of luck to anyone who wants to take that on at 30+ but I'm out. There's also something reassuring about medical specialists in their 40s (give or take). 'Don't worry, I've done this operation 100 times - it's routine' is comforting. 'I'm 47 and haven't done this on a real person yet' isn't.
I wonder how I'd go trying to properly learn a language now. I reckon the basics aren't beyond most people (excluding BigFooty) but there's a big difference between making conversation by mental translation and genuine fluency. Young kids soak languages up, adults not so readily. I've had the pleasure (if you can call it that) of working with South Africans that live in mixed English/Afrikaaner households. They switch back and forth between the two languages like it's no big deal. I reckon my biggest obstacle would be having no one I was forced to talk to in a LOTE.
I wonder how I'd go trying to properly learn a language now. I reckon the basics aren't beyond most people (excluding BigFooty) but there's a big difference between making conversation by mental translation and genuine fluency. Young kids soak languages up, adults not so readily. I've had the pleasure (if you can call it that) of working with South Africans that live in mixed English/Afrikaaner households. They switch back and forth between the two languages like it's no big deal. I reckon my biggest obstacle would be having no one I was forced to talk to in a LOTE.
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Most of those festivals look awful full stop. Coachella top (bottom?) of the list. Just like Woodstock, minus the iconic acts, originality and authenticity.
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Wife and I started Spanish lessons three months ago, at the age of 31 and 30 respectively. Don't know if we will ever get t the point of fluency, but picking it up so far has been relatively simple.
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I said earlier ITT it's something like 15+ years all up from undergrad to becoming a surgeon. That's a huge timeline even if you're 20, at 30 it'd be enough to put most people off. Of course it's not impossible and more power to the people who pursue that, but seriously * that. Changing career in general at 30+ is difficult if you're starting from scratch, but if you're only a 3 or 4 year bachelors degree away from your dream career then you could swing that, but anything that's going to see you well into your 40's before you're able to start working properly is far from ideal.
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I disagree with this one for the big expensive cities like New York. Some of the nicest people I met while staying at a hostel in NYC were 50+. Some of them have rules anyway that once youre a certain age they will only let you book one of the private rooms and not let you share.
Aside from that, by the time youre 30 you have a good idea of what you enjoy and what you don't. I don't see any harm in people doing what they enjoy regardless of their age. If thats clubbing or going to festivals or whatever good luck to them.
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Some people in this thread are going to live boring lives when they turn 30.
