As a fellow Gen X (son of a boomer), I envy my father having only graduated high school and getting a job as a mechanic in a factory which still afforded him the ability to buy a house, new cars, and raise 3 kids. I've only seen several videos of yours so far, but loving them. Have you done one about the cost of living in the before times? At this rate, a Gen Z'er would need a doctorate degree to strive to be low-income.
Actually these days it would make sense for them to learn a trade, or be a tech of some sort. Really we were the last generation that a college degree was mandatory. My friend’s 23 year old son working in IT with a certificate makes way more than my 47 year old wife with an Associates, a Bachelor’s in economics, an MBA and. Masters in IT Security Administration.
If you don't know what you want to do with your life before you finish high school, do what I did. Uncle Sam always needs to fill boots. I filled a pair and had a nice career, and an almost completely paid for degree in EE. Made the rest of my life comfy. ETA: Nice to be completely retired at the age of 58.
Gen X did it to themselves. They hated Trump with the best economy any boomer has ever known and they love Biden who’s brought us the worse economy and they will no doubt vote for him again.
The thing is, if you count cost of living increases, value of the dollar, many of our boomer parents made more then we did by a lot. Much of my generation (X) bought tons of stuff on credit.. lived off credit to keep up with the Jones, bc they were told that’s what was important. Job stability disappeared. Ours was also the generation that was told college was a must, instead of doing dirty blue collar work. There was an immense push for that. Many people had lives they couldn’t afford, & suffered in the end for it. I’m not suggesting your not in a bad position, bc you are. Times today are just the further degradation of what we experienced at your ages. I feel for you.
Of this were 1990 1/2 of us would be criminals. And it's normal to wear Masks!!!!!! You kidding me! My South Fl Suburbia teens were pretty gnarly in 1989-92. I imagine us back then but 20 trying to pay our 1st partments rent for ;lets just say $2000 instead of the $550.
The one piece of advise I could give my cousin when he got married was that life can turn on a dime. One minute you're fine and the next you could be crippled for life, so just love each other, take care of each other, and be ready for a hard, long haul.
Funny thing is all my late 80's/90's Skater homies who still skate at 48-51 years old today have never had a serious injury aside from weak ankles from jumping around for 35 years.. ~~Actually, it's not a mystery at all. SKATERS= mastered how to fall /w grace... My wife told me everytime shes seen me eat shit(on foot) and always rolled or never hit my head etc & this applies to most athletes or Xgames etc... I agree w/ your advice 100%.. And you are still close to your cousin at marriage age? damn!! All my cousins scattered and we talk maybe once every 5 years. Evenn though we were tight as kids/teens..
54 here, recently changed careers. I can't get over how much stress my old caused me now that I don't have it anymore. Congratulations to you on your new found happiness through your position. Thank you for your service to our country, I hope you enjoy your retirement.
I stumbled on your skits by accident… I haven’t laughed this hard since 1997 at A school. You are one hilarious dude! Thanks for sharing; we can all use a few good laughs..
100% accurate. I tried to plan out my twenties, and thirties. Neither decade cooperated, in any way, shape, or form. I'm currently 46 years old. The last six years have proven to be just as unpredictable as the previous 20. The advise I offer is, planning is never a bad thing, but know that your plans usually end up looking much different than what you thought. Reassess, but never give up. At some point you'll find a balance of your expectations, and reality. They are never the same thing.
Backup rewind.... Whatya mean you planned your 20's+30s?? Medical school? something like that is understandable. or i'll work a gay office job for 20 years and then i'lll blahblah. My Plans were buy a house then it was get away to a farm where it's quiet. Still working on that last one. ;D fact!! Alwyas plan the unexpected.. you can lower the odds by choices but it's still unpredictable. Like WHole families iphones break right after they all paid off. ugh!
Yes I do agree with this video. My soul has finally told me what I want to do here at 48, but unfortunately now I am too old to start doing it! 🤷🏼♀️ lol
I am one of the lucky ones. Early on in life I found something I was very good at and that I enjoyed doing very much. I’m still doing it today and still love it. I don’t do it for fame or notoriety but because I like to make people happy with what I can do. 30 years in and I couldn’t see myself doing anything else, except for maybe being a rock star.
At retirement age, you find that the path you have taken has usually been the right one. At least for me. Keep it between the ditches on life's road and keep on keeping on. No matter how fast you can move down that road.
When I was young I thought I knew everything, when I was in my 30s I thought I had a good grasp on things, in my 40s I was just glad I was still above ground, in my 50s I worried about my future, now in my 60s I realize most of my life is over and what I know now is what I learned before, and I hope I have made the right decisions for the future.
Life😊, the worst thing one can do is take it seriously, The best thing one can do, is do what is in front of you, choose to do the right thing and always do what you enjoy doing and life will unfold in front of you and you will always see the good in the bad and you will be happy, well most of the time you will be :-). Be engaged in the moment and stop thinking about where you not and what you don't have. The past is gone, no matter what, so don't give it another thought or time in you mind. Be engaged in the moment, the moment is all that matters and is who you are, who you are right at this moment is who you are in this moment, so moment to moment choose who you are and dont worry about the future, it always works out, don't worry about the past, it does not exist any more. Dadbod, thank you, love your vids buddy.
I'd argue Gen X may actually have prepared for this better than anyone. They never gave us the manual. They just told us to figure it out. It may also be why we're supposedly aging better. We're not as stressed by middle age as previous generations. It's just more of doing what we've always done.
Im 50 & never figured it out.. I am still a combo of 1980's lil me. 1991 Skater/House of Pain,gamer/aggro me 1999 Pacific Sunwqear button ups unbttoned over a wifebeater w/ shorts & flipflops Alternative me. Not much made it's way towards me post early 2000's.
Turning the big 5 'O next year. (hah, hawaii 5 O, now there's a show I forgot about), and i'm not liking it much. It's scary to realize that i'm getting closer to the bottom of the roll of toilet paper that is life. Life is indeed a roll of toilet paper. The more of it you use, the faster it goes. Some time ago, I came to the realization that the decisions I made when younger, had a great influence on how my life turned out now that I'm older. I am not where I thought I would be, though I have no complaints... I'm in a good place. I do remember distinctly while playing at recess in grade school, perhaps 3rd grade, thinking to myself, "High school is so far away, I'm not even going to think about it". Well now...... here we are.
53 here. I knew what I wanted to do. All the "how to get there"s didn't work. Now I'm at the "I know what I want to do" but no friggen clue how to get there because I have trust issues. (Of myself and everything/everyone around me.) Life's fun. @whee.
@@Fuke_Yu Yeah, I get that. And it is good advice! It's how I landed my late husband of 25 years. I ignored my mom's advice (the ask yourself if you'd want to spend the rest of your life with that...from the first date!) and just said eff it, I'll just do "sex for funsies." LITERALLY the guy I met next ended up being The One. Unfortunately, after I lost him, I don't give a frick so hard, even the things I want can't get enough care about to try. I know my luck is I'll live to 100+ and have spent half of it doing nothing...and even that can't motivate me. I can't even motivate myself to "do something about it" because I figure my luck is I'd be as miserable in the afterlife as I am here, so what's the point of putting in the effort?
Deciding what to do with your life in your 40’s? I started my career in law enforcement/corrections in my late teens. Retired at 51 only because the CEO was an idiot. Turned out his ignorance made me jump into the best time of my life.
It was not until I was in my fifties that I started thinking about what manhood is, and what manhood is for. I will get to the question about what to do with my life once I figure out manhood.
There is only one piece of advice I could give my younger self. And since I can't actually do that I'll pass it on here. Don't let shame keep your mouth shut. What you're ashamed of probably isn't your fault. If it is because of someone else, tell someone.
In your 40's: When you realize what you really want to do, is to spend more time with your parents... And that your children would grow up but never actually leave. ... and that... wow you were dumb as a kid.
exept when parents are long gone and kids never arrived....then staying alive is pretty much the only goal you have and if you dont even manage that?...meh it is what it is
Dad had life rules to be happy 1- Always be honest & kind, especially with yourself. 2 - Go to bed at dark, get up when it’s light. 3 - The human soul was meant to work & be productive, more than you play. That’s why the work week is 5 days & the weekend is 2. Work hard, do it well & be proud of your contribution, no matter what job you are doing. You are giving a day of your life, to do a job. Make it worthwhile. 4 - The human soul was not intended to be in debt. Avoid it as much as possible. Earn your way, as you go along. Be patient & think more about the things you need & think less about what you want. 5 - Do not worry about how things look & stay focused on how things are & learn to make things how you want them to be. 6 - Be happy & positive. We are only here a short time.
You know whats funny is nearly every religion on the planet preaches peace but if you put the 3 biggest ones in a room with each other all three will be murdered or close to dead by the end of the day and i am a christian but lets not pretend christianity is peacefull walking in gods path is but as you should know no one ever walks fully in his steps we are creatures of sin and christianity from its origins has evolved mutated in many ways right down to that manual you were talking about tis why i dont go to church i go to the lake easier to find time with god while fishing as opposed to sitting in an overpriced building eating oyster crackers like taking communion from jesus himself drinking grape juice because cant give the kids wine reading anyholy book isnt gonna propogate love in thus world just dohgma
@@todydn or perhaps it's because we don't understand what true Biblical love is? All I know is we are raising a generation of soft,its all about me, undisciplined, I want it now without working for it, children. I feel so bad for my grandkids that are going to have to overcome all that! Just my 2 cents.
I knew what I wanted to do in my teens. Life snatched that away from me. Then every time I found a new way to do it. I had a psycho mother in my way stopping me. Now that she is no longer in the way I am slowly accomplishing it. I just being 39 with little to no immune system. I hope I can finish it before I die. They three main goals may not be big ones. But, time not only can heal it can destroy too.
