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red47640
red47640

I feel like everything is going by so fast, and I'm not handling it well. I'm 33 years old-- it only seems like yesterday that I was 17 years old and living abroad, or in college, and it seriously seems like the blink of an eye since I moved out here. I don't know if it's because I'm depressed right now about my current situation that I'm feeling so nostalgic, or what exactly. Logically, I realize that a) things weren't perfect in the good ol' days either, and that b) I still have my life ahead of me and that it can be great if I choose. I still have a lot to look forward to. I'm shadowing at a veterinary hospital as part of the interview process, to see if I really like it. I'm a bit nervous-- it sounds like an amazing opportunity, but I worry that it won't work out. Also, they sometimes take care of birds, and I'm kind of nervous around birds (ironic, since I have one tattooed on my upper arm lol). I just know that these days, I wake up feeling like I'm going absolutely nowhere in life. Time is precious. I don't want to waste another second of it doing something I seriously hate. I just needed to vent about it.

Deckard
Deckard
I agree. I am 47, and I feel like I stepped into an "age accelerator". I remember as a kid, I would repeatedly ask my mom and dad when my birthday is......now I don't even get around to buying everyones birthday cards.....meh
Scaredandafraid
Scaredandafraid
I know what you mean as well. My baby boy is 9 and i feel like only yesterday he was still my actual baby. Time got away from me and at my old job we were always surprised when summer was already over and oh shit it's Christmas! Be careful wishing and trying especially if you have a habit of not feeling you are doing enough or good enough. It seems when i was in that mindset that time was in fast forward. Only recently i started learning to appreciate myself and time is finally on my side and i can take each day as it comes. If your constantly dreaming you forget to enjoy the day that's in front of you. Like you said you are still young, your beautiful, and things will work out for you if you let them happen
RJW
RJW
Thank you for sharing. Time is a funny thing. We take it for granted, then miss it when it is gone. Every minute matters, even if sometimes must take hours or days to wait. Just live the best you can, and time will feel in the gaps. You are doing great in using your time to endure and even trying to improve. I hope that made sense. God Bless.
Community LeaderWanderingVet
WanderingVet
Life is VERY short. Make the very best of it. Cherish it.
Nathan88
Nathan88
I know I can’t but I really wish I can just rewind time, rewrite time. My life was crap really and it’s full of things I wish didn’t happen but it did and now In my 30s I realise time has gone so fast just feeling sorry for myself and yet like you I have so much to do. Thank you for sharing because it has got me thinking. I can’t help feeling like crap I wish I had an off switch for it but again I don’t. I can get on with the career I love and with the family I love and just enjoy myself. I am not stuck I am free to do what I want and life may have been hard for me but I can either choose to let continue to break me or I can stand up and fight and let it know I can’t be beaten, I’m actually into boxing as well so I’m a fighter anyway.
Community LeaderWanderingVet
WanderingVet
We have to 'learn to live'. We are born not knowing how to do it. If we are lucky, our parents give us a push. Seems that is often barely enough.
Anna1212
Anna1212
that's good that you are so self aware. i'm in my 50's now but I remember feeling that way when I was young even in my 20's and 30's. it's weird because things do change in many ways as you age but many things also stay the same like your interests, personality, emotions to some extent and the nature of life itself and it's challenges and joys are also similar throughout life. I think it just comes down to doing the best you can every day at any age. it sounds like you are on the right track. take care.