Is 30 really the new 20?

[Jesus]

yeah it kind of is looks wise anyways....people looking better longer these days.

In this obese ass country called America?

 

[prophecypro]

Just before (like a month before) I turned 29 I took this new job at this company and I feel like I've aged overnight by 6 years in just a year and a half. I turned 30 this year but honestly this new job while good for my career and helping me mature, has not made me feel cool and relaxed and all that shyt. Maybe its the responsiblity or the stress coming from higher management coupled with subordinates who are both younger than me and act despite maybe a couple of years different, but I definetly start to feel old from conversations (Like dont talk to me about rap and you dont know Wu-Tang and you're like 26..we are in a different creative space Curtis). When I was 28, the job I had was easier and honestly I probably looked acted and felt like maybe even 6 years younger. Now with this shyt and the professionalsim of it, I feel hella old and in that space where you got personal and professional responbility and it hits you hard.

So basically how you feel age wise depends entirely on how you handle life. You can be in control and feel young as hell cause you feel like you got that confidence of a youngster again or you can be in that age range when you 30 and things are building up around (Marriage, work) and it hits you all at once and you're like "Damn I hit adulthood hard'

 

[King Poetic]

The thing is for Jay to say this compared to the rest of us.. Jay has millions and can easily have him a fitness trainer and the whole nine

But for the average person who works 9 to 5, 3 to 11 or overnight shifts you don't have the luxury of having a fitness trainer and the top chefs unless u some top executive at a company and single..

most people gave wives/husband and kids and other family members to take care of.. so everyone is different

 

[PortCityProphet]

Treat yourself right and handle your shyt in your 20s 30s shouldn't be a problem
But I'm 23 so what do I know

 

[Illeye buckmatic]

Jigger might have been talking about aging in camel years

 

[big bun]

Camel was 40+ when he said that...that's the man you want to be your father, brehs?

 

[MustafaSTL]

I have less than a week before I hit 30.

 

[Reggie]

If you are 30 and you still feel like you are 20 then you probably are in the same predicament that you were 10 years ago. At 30 you should have matured from 20 and started to actually grow up. At 31 i'm nothing like I was at 21 and sometimes I actually feel like a totally different person. At 20 I was worried about the club and what chick i could fukk and what to get into for the weekend. At 30 I was trying to find a woman to settle down with and was saving money instead of living check to check.

 

[Paradime]

20s is for finding yourself.

30s is handling business

 

[aRoMaN21]

this means 40's is the new 30's..

 

[JuvenileHell]

so 15 is the new 18?

 

[IronFist]

somewhat true as it pertains to the saying you only old as you feel. shyt man i still feel like im in my teens, looks-wise.

 

[Luke Cage]

I don't know Jay...I'll be 30 next year and it just feels like it's just going to be 30.

Wen I was 20, I had no principles or foundation. It took me the majority of my 20s to get to the point where I re-evauated my life and started to actually live with purpose and become a productive member of society. Where I stopped making excuses and living like there was no tomorrow and started working for the future.

I have no desire to have a second childhood or to be that old man in the club. I enjoy being an adult and I worked my ass off to prove to people I was worth a damn. And I still haven't felt like I'm at a level of being truly content in anything because I've just been trying to stay true to my dreams and reach my goals.

I guess Jay was basically implying that in regards to "havin fun cause you have money and security" but let's not lie to ourselves here. The mindset of your average 20 year old and 30 year old are completely different.

Exactly. back in the day people already had their shyt together in their 20's. My grandparent were already married with kids and in the career that they later retired from when they were 25. nowadays like you said people are still living without principle or foundation until at least 30.

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

The society we live in is designed for more of us to take a lot longer to get off the ground than it did for our parents and grandparents.

Sad but true.

My older sister will be 32 this year and she still lives at home.

 

[the cac mamba]

I always wondered why Jay z said 30 was the new 20 when he was like 1 year away from being 40

you just answered ur own question