The main thing to achieve before you're 30 is not any particular positive accomplishment. The main thing is to avoid fucking your life over in some irreversible way by the time you reach 30.
That means:
-- Don't be a drunk or a junkie by 30
-- Don't be married to a fucking worthless bitch that you already hate but are stuck with (because of kids and/or property)
-- Don't get serious injuries from bad or careless athletic activities that will give you chronic pain you can't get rid of
-- Don't get into financial debt that is so deep that it will hang over you for decades
That's really about it. Your whole life is ahead of you at 30, and you're hopefully smarter and more capable of enjoying it than before. It doesn't matter so much what you've "achieved" as long as you haven't done anything so dumb that you'll be paying for it for the rest of your life.
If you've avoided all these things, consider yourself a lucky man, count your blessings, and look forward with relish to the years ahead and to what life has to offer.
That means:
-- Don't be a drunk or a junkie by 30
-- Don't be married to a fucking worthless bitch that you already hate but are stuck with (because of kids and/or property)
-- Don't get serious injuries from bad or careless athletic activities that will give you chronic pain you can't get rid of
-- Don't get into financial debt that is so deep that it will hang over you for decades
That's really about it. Your whole life is ahead of you at 30, and you're hopefully smarter and more capable of enjoying it than before. It doesn't matter so much what you've "achieved" as long as you haven't done anything so dumb that you'll be paying for it for the rest of your life.
If you've avoided all these things, consider yourself a lucky man, count your blessings, and look forward with relish to the years ahead and to what life has to offer.
same old shit, sixes and sevens Shaft...