Now that I've hit 30, I'm wondering how life will change when I'm 40. Enlighten me?

Question

Now that I've hit 30, I'm wondering how life will change when I'm 40. Enlighten me?

Answer 1

Well, happy birthday!  I wouldn't presume to predict how your life will change in the next ten years.  Your life will get better.  You will get stronger, moe courageous,more serene and peaceful.  You will face different challenges, and you will have the tools to dispatch all of them with grace.  

Life changes less dramatically as you move through it because you've passed many of the milestones youth is reserved for.  Your body, however, isn't included in that.  But the older you get, the less it will matter.  Ignore the as*hole who said your periods will stop.  You're going to wish they'll stop.  But you'll make peace with aging because there's nothing you can do about it.  If you smoke and tan, you can stop smoking but the damage is already done to your skin.  Aging comes with benefts that the young'uns cannot possibly comprehend . . . better s*x is one.  Oh, yeah, trust me!!!!

You'll laugh more and love deeper.  Grief will not decimate you.  You'll cherish family and old friends more, even as new people come into your life.  You'll achieve some goals, dump others and make new ones.  And you'll remember your days here and shake your head and say . . . what were they thinking?

Answer 2

Actually, Lioness, I found the thirties to be a mighty tough and transitional time.  Just spent much time still trying to figure out who I was and how I wanted to live my life.  Hitting forty was a blessing and the best time of my life.  I had much learning and enlightenment behind me, and I could just focus on enjoying who I was....  Now, half way to fifty - I can't wait til I hit that milestone.

Happy Birthday, and enjoy these learning years.  How you spend them will impact the rest of your life....(no pressure, lol.)

Answer 3

Its just another number. take care of yourself and you'll feel just like you do now.

Answer 4

Your 30? Jesus you look like your 22.

Ok, enough hitting on Lioness.

I would like to know as well, since i'm approaching 30 myself.

Edit: Johno beat me to it lol

Answer 5

You'll be less cranky because your periods will have stopped and you may have some cellulite and droopier b***s and a$$

Answer 6

Lioness, STOP TROLLING!!! there is no way you are thirty ;-D

Answer 7

Travel down the road of life and find out just like every one else; revel in the joy; be saddened with sorrow; mainly don't for get to smell the roses along the way.

Answer 8

Well you will feel you have been alive a long time and that you have had many experiences. You will start to slow down you won't have the energy of youth. Your joints may ache sometimes. You might have a mid life crisis and do things in a desperate attempt to be younger. You will become less attentive to detail in your day to day activities. You may become less attentive to your appearance. People of around 20 years will look like kids to you. You will make friends with older people. You will be less likely to be adventurous. You will enjoy your children enjoying themselves. I could go on and on. but you get the idea.

Answer 9

I've heard the rice cake diet is killer.

Answer 10

It will only get better I promise you. I am hitting 60 next year and the last 20 years of my life have been fantastic. You reach a level in your life where everything is balanced. You are  more confident more sure of yourself. You usually are making better money. You are more stable. You are looking at nothing but good times!!

Answer 11

The 30s is where everything should start falling into place in your relationships and career.  But it's also a great time of questions.  If you marry, you'll need to make a lot of decisions.  When you decide to have children, there may be some sacrifices along with the benefits.  In the 40s you become more comfortable with who you are and where you are.

Answer 12

30 bothered much more than 40, but 60 about broke my heart. I was an old woman and had gone through menopause 5 years before. I have learned to be content with my life.