30 Years Old: I Wasted My 20s 

For those wondering about my education and job: power engineer at an oil refinery in Canada.

This wasn't a waste. You spent your 20's learning how you don't want to live. That is incredibly valuable. You have 60+ years left to grow.

I just turned 30. While I'm a janitor who doesn't drive and lives in a tiny 1 bedroom room apartment; I actually made a difference in so many lives. I've helped so many people from my daily job of keeping everyone clean and safe to the extra stuff I do like dressing as a Christmas elf and decorating the big trash bin and filling it with presents for all my coworkers and their families so they have something to unwrap on Christmas day. These are things we often overlook. We want everything now and tangible, but there are so many better things that will happen when God judges you for the intangible things that you've done for his children. I'd rather be a good person than a rich one.

I stopped the video when you said that you went in a good university and exactly after that you found that a well paid job. I live in a country only like the 10 percent of the population can do this. I don't know in what paradise you live and this is considered a waste

Im 19 and im turning 20 in a couple of months. I can’t believe my childhood is coming to an end and is so overwhelming.

i spent the last decade doing nothing, literally nothing, just lazed around feeling sorry for myself and basically sleeping my way through my 20s. depressed, no education, no steady job and really not doing anything to try to change it. I turned 31 this year, i got my diploma last year and got into uni studying film and have almost finished my first year, i got a great part time job that i love so I'm saving money for future goals, it's only to late to make changes if you never make them.

from my point of view you wasted nothing you got to live that fancy life, people are still trying to experience in their 40's .

30 is when life begins, especially when you've been through childhood trauma.

I think everyone wastes their 20's in a sense. It's a decade for self discovery, often with mistakes. If you get to your 30's and learn from your past (but not dwell on it) and apply to your present and future you'll do just fine.

I wasted my 20s by joining the military

Crazy how I’m turning 22 and I already feel like this 😅 I guess I needed to watch this , redirect all my focus on me and my happiness. It’s a privilege to have such videos at a young age , it teaches us to make better decisions before we regret about it later.

I'm 27. Everyone expected great things from me.

“I wanted to be the center of attention in other people’s worlds” Someone actually articulating that in words just made me realize that’s been my mindset for so long

In my 20’s I was fighting off my anxiety, depression and ptsd. I’ve slept most of my 20’s so I can escape realism. I hated my life and everything in it. Being 29 I’m finally seeking help and realizing that I’m not ashamed of wasting my 20’s.

Who didn't "waste" their 20's?

Every family has that one person who will break the family's financial struggle, I hope you become the one 😊

You’re alive at 30, big dog. You definitely didn’t waste them in my opinion. I’m from a small coal town in wv. More than half of my graduating class (2007) have passed away…and most as a result of their own doing. You look healthy and capable. Keep trucking 🤙🏻

Will Durrant said: “The tragedy of life is that it gives us wisdom only when it has stolen youth.”

I wasted my 20’s trying to work and study myself into success. Now im 29 and am at the same place as everyone else except i never got to have any fun or free time

I'm 24 and I'm felling so lost lately. I feel I'm losing my 20's on social media, even though I don't post much I'm just watching others lives the whole day. It's like I'm not being the main character of my own life. I miss genuine happiness, stomach butterflies, love sparkles and having fun so so badly...