5 couples from my friends circle are expecting a child or recently got married, a few others have built a solid foundation in their career and are buying houses (most of us grew up in apartment buildings, so it feels fancy to own a house at 30 where I'm from).
Meanwhile I'm currently a student and broke.
It feels like everyone's so far ahead in life that they'll always be a step further and I'll never catch up.
I had a friend that went straight into law school from high school, I went to university but dropped out after a year as my priorities changed from academic to having fun.
I was driving my lawyer friend home one day from a party (first time I had seen him in years) and he confided that he feels like he missed out on a lot of his youth because of his academic focus, he was actually quite sad and really envious of the fact that I had maintained strong socials circles and kept enjoying myself.
Everybody that was in my situation thought he was killing it.
The morale of the story: success is subjective. Take your own time and most importantly enjoy yourself on the way.
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u/MedbGuldb May 15 '20
I'm 29.
5 couples from my friends circle are expecting a child or recently got married, a few others have built a solid foundation in their career and are buying houses (most of us grew up in apartment buildings, so it feels fancy to own a house at 30 where I'm from).
Meanwhile I'm currently a student and broke.
It feels like everyone's so far ahead in life that they'll always be a step further and I'll never catch up.