[ SECRET POST #5930 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5930 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

I read an article a few years ago about how common it is for people to just assume things in their life will fall into place by the time they are 30. Like, 20s are for having fun and figuring yourself out and setting up your life, but 30s are for actually living your adult life. So while you didn't have to have actually accomplished a bunch of stuff by 30, you at least needed to have the foundations: financial stability, on a good career path, committed relationship (if not already married), could go out and buy a house tomorrow (if you don't already own one), in a good place to have kids soon (if you don't already have them), etc. (as applicable). A study showed people still operate under this assumption even when they are 28-29 and not actually on track to have everything fall into place in the next year or two. So, it makes sense that people 25-29 would be getting low-key panicky because not all the major life milestones are just magically happening to them.

Gen Z might have a different perspective. Millennials had WWII-Boomer generations and maybe the oldest Gen X-ers to look to as examples and probably thought "They mostly seemed to have their shit together by 30, so that's just how it works for everyone." Then they grew up and wages had stagnated, housing was expensive, and oops! Financial crisis! Gen Z might be less optimistic on that front. On the other hand, they have been much more intensely affected by social media freaking out over skincare and wearing cheugy pants or whatever and may be more acutely aware there are younger folks coming up behind them who are going to start labeling them uncool before too long. (Obviously this has happened to previous generations but nobody had Tik Tok then.)