I’m in this weird spot at my job, being surrounded by people who are either a decade older or a decade younger than me and the least amount of people actually being close to my age. So I find myself talking to basically kids, or old people (even to me).
It seems like I am now at the age where I am old enough for people to ask me for advice on more delicate situations, and young enough for me to not be discredited because I’m just some old dude from some ancient time.
This is something I’ve just noticed really, due to me working here now, and its different, just seeing it a lot more . Is this common for people in their 30’s? I feel like when I was in my early 20’s, I felt like people who were in their 30’s had a lot going on and responsibilities and all this stuff that as a kid basically I had no context for at all. So age alone would be a decent factor that was weighed in when I would determine who I would ask for XYZ in terms of advice or something; Mind you, it was weighed in with a lot of other factors, just saying age did have weight. Experience matters I think. Just curious how this plays/played out for other people.
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I think you’re too fixated on age. It’s just a number. People are people
That’s my life as a debt collector. It’s either first job types or 45+ sailing in to the sunset. It’s commission based and I do well so I take it with a grain of salt and I think it is pretty common. Some people just have different levels of potential or are lazy and make that move later on I guess
The trick is realizing no one, at any age, has it all figured out.
After around 25-30, people don’t really mature that much more. They might gain experience, but that doesn’t guarantee they’ll learn the right lessons or anything.
It’s less about age and more about attitude. And as priorities change, you stop giving a fuck about stuff that doesn’t matter to you. There just isn’t time or energy.
Age really stops mattering after a certain point. Like you undergo drastic changes either physically or mentally or both for the first 25 years or so, and after that… eh. You’re mostly just an adult. greater or lesser degree of experience, greater or lesser number of kids, greater or lesser amount of money, but still… just a boring ass adult.
I turned 25 2 months ago, and I see them as my equal. To be honest, I don’t consider anyone middle-aged ‘till, like, 55. At the earliest.