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I’m 40. What I’m doing today, I wish I would have done at 30. Jiu jitsu, striving to be the absolute best version of myself, working with my hands, building oth
by hnrodey 3y ago
I’m 40. What I’m doing today, I wish I would have done at 30. Jiu jitsu, striving to be the absolute best version of myself, working with my hands, building other skills besides coding.
At 30, I wish I was doing this stuff at 20. Health and fitness were a priority, focusing time on things that bring ROI into life including more career oriented, less booze and idiotics.
I married and we had two kids in our 20’s, probably the best thing either of us ever did. Wish I could shift this earlier a few years as well so we’ll have more years together as they grow old and have their own families.
Sorry if confusing, on mobile.
- mac1175 3y ago"I’m 40. What I’m doing today, I wish I would have done at 30. Jiu jitsu," I was training yesterday and had the same conversation. I am a 48 1-strip blue belt and my body is starting to give on the wear and tear.
- hnrodey 3y agoI'm a 2-stripe white belt. The secret to my success is that I keep showing up. Just don't ever quit.
- alberth 3y agoThe older I get the more I too realize that “the best time to start anything is yesterday”
- hnrodey 3y agoThere’s that, and also “I’m capable of so much more than I realize.” Too much of life is consternation about bullshit that doesn’t matter. In moments of indecisiveness, sometimes I use the “look back” tactic where I imagine a future version of myself reflecting back to this moment. Will he care? Will this have actually mattered? Helps me get through some bs.
- giantg2 3y ago“I’m capable of so much more than I realize.” Turns out I'm capable of less than I realized.
- 000ooo000 3y agoFYI there's a saying for this: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/603690/origins-of-the-phrase-the-best-time-to-plant-a-tree-was-30-years-ago-the-secon https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/603690/origins-o...