Ten things you wish you had figured out before turning 30 (or 25, or 40, or 50!)

[metoo]

Find a way to have your own biz. There's no future whatsoever in working for ANYone else! They can die or go out of biz, get fired themselves, lose everything in a casino or a divorce or a court action. You have no warning of such things, and any one of which can your life, much less any control over them, so don't expose yourself to them!

 

[Colossus]

1. Grades really do not matter. Grades on a resume do not help to get better jobs. Don't spend too much time in High School or College just studying for grades, instead get more real world work experiences. Around a B average is still good to be able to avoid the schools radar, but don't waste too much time just to get higher meaningless grades.
2. Don't get financially tied up with anyone, especially relatives or b*nks, at least over an amount that could be paid back quickly, or it could turn into years of trouble. Be careful with the stock market, there is a lot of corruption and the odds always favor the house.
3. Have your own goals and do actions towards them. Do what you really want to do, not to please others or not doing what others say they believe you should do especially when it's things you do not want to do.
4. Have s*x before you get too much older (there are some people out there who waited to have s*x until their 30s or 40s and they really regret that they didn't have s*x when they were younger).
5. Do jobs (even for free or a lower salary), just to get in the door of some places to learn there and to get a variety of work experiences in High School and if go to College to get more skills and to network.
6. Don't get caught up in being a religious fanatic. Believing in G*d is fine. But don't listen to those who say s*x is for marriage only.
7. Don't buy a very expensive house or car. Save up money for experiences such as, travel, and doing fun activities.
8. Learn some of other languages of at least 2 or 3 other countries that you want to travel to eventually. It will help when meeting women in other countries and when doing things in those countries. If you are in school sign up next semester for a language class. Then, travel to those countries.
9. Exercise at least 5 days a week consistently (don't stop exercising for extended amounts of time) up to the day this life is over. There is so many reasons why, so just schedule in an hour every day and exercise.
10. Unless it's part of your job, don't spend too much time daily on the internet. Wisely choose the sites you go to. Decide on a unit of time, such as not more than 60 minutes a day (keep track if you know you're going over this amount of time).

These are all really good. The only one I disagree with (somewhat) is #1. Grades DO matter very much----IF you want to get into professional school; i.e. med school, vet school, dental school, law school, PA school, etc. Once you are in, you only need to keep your GPA comfortably above the cutoff. No one in the actual professional world cares what your grades were, they care what your CV or resume looks like and what you can add to their business or practice. But you'll never get into those schools without high marks. So high school grades definitely matter, college grades definitely matter (if you want to go to professional school), but professional school grades only matter to stay in the program.

 

[PrettyBoyAJ]

Before I turned 22

1. Stack up on college credits. You haven't really lived life until you have a salary. Screw sticking to college year on end for years just to mess with raggedy females who don't even have jobs.

2. Noone cares about you but yourself and family. Don't try to please anyone but your own self because they sure are.

3. Flirt with everyone!!! You might not want the chick but it will give you some experience so when you do holler at a chick you like then you'll be golden.

4. Get rid of that fear of rejection while your young. I don't care what you do to get rid of it. Once you get rid of it then you can truely get the girls you dream of.

5. Always invest in some nice shoes and a nice lineup. Face-Shoes!!!

6. If you have messed up teeth go ahead and get braces. I was lucky that I never had to wear braces and have straight teeth but when I see dudes with messed up teeth I'm like this dude had to grow up dirt poor.

7. Always make sure your breathe game is right. Brush your teeth always before you go out the crib!! If you just ate something go ahead and slip a mint or sum gum.

8. If you roll with people make sure that their game is right. Ever since I was 18 I hanged with a dude that talked more then he walked. He influenced me to do drugs and even be a little thirsty at times. I stopped the drugs a couple months after I started but this guy was a bad influence still. Bumming out stuff from me and just not a good role model. After charging the dude to the game my quality of life is way better. If you kick it with a cool dude with game you will feed off eachothers game.

9. Learn to ride solo as well. If you can spit when your by yourself and see a chick coming the other way then you can spit in just about any situation.

10. Learn to take some time off from women if you need to work on yourself. If your not autonomous then don't worry about chicks for now. Work on becoming autonomous and getting a job, car, and a place to stay. You can hop on breezies still but don't let it distract you from doing what you got to do.

 

[metoo]

get a vasectomy ASAP. Kids are nothing like being worth the cost, heartaches, risks, etc. Let somebody else "replace society". Why care about it in thefirst place? You can retire by age 30 if you don't have kids and know what to do. By age 25, if you move to the third world. If you have several kids and stay here, you will still be beating your head against the wall when you are 65, never have anything, never go anywhere or do anything, and your kids will probably hate you, get AIDs, go to prison, be dopers or alcholics. Or their kids will. Why bother with the risks? There's very little that you get in return, believe me.

 

[backbreaker]

i was talking to my little brother yesterday on the phone, he's 7 years younger than me so he's 22. he's going through his first real breakup, his mom really was strict on him and he did not date utnil he was in college. and he's taking it pretty hard. and he really didn't know what to do and he started drinkable nd got drunk and got really hung over he's not a drinker at all that's not him.

lol i told him, and this is probably the best advice i ever gave anyone.. dude..you know what i have learned at almost 30.. when i was 19-20 years old i had dreams of doing all this stuff and how i was going to be this big successful person and some of that i've done some things I wanted to do have not, what i have learned more than anything, is that your 20's is really more like, the invasion of normady. forgot winning the war lol dammit if you can just get to shore alive by at the age of 30, and by that i mean, don't go to jail, don't off yourself, don't get hooked on drugs, don't have any baggage, don't file bankrupty, you are literally doing better than probably 80% of the men out there.

 

[Rave18]

The sooner you get the following, the better

http://www.sosuave.net/forum/showthread.php?t=22213

 

[Rave18]

Time never comes back. You will never be 30 (or 25, or 40, or 50!) again. Time is your most precious resource. Always think in terms of it/With reference to it whenever you are dealing with confusion regarding any issue(s).

 

[JaegerPilot217]

took community college more seriously once I got out of high school, and approach and step out of my comfort zone more consistently with girls, practice more, maybe take a David Wygant boot camp as soon as I was 18 or 19

 

[JaegerPilot217]

Basically I wish I had learned or knew how to approach and talk to girls without putting them on a pedestal earlier like in my teenage years or very early 20's, like 20 or 21