WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN

The Biggest Regrets People Have In Their 30s

From staying in dead-end jobs to losing touch with friends, people share their biggest mistakes with online strangers.

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Making mistakes is part of being a human, but sometimes it takes years or even decades to figure out what your mistakes really were. There's no use wallowing in regret for too long, but us millennials and gen-xers can offer our wisdom to the younger generations.

Redditor u/ThickEmployee8948 asked about regrets people have about their teens and twenties, and there are a whole lot of us old, cranky people sounding off about our mistakes. Unsurprisingly, there are a few common tropes that pop up over and over.

There are more than 10,000 comments in this massive thread, so we did the legwork of finding the best responses for you. You're welcome.

Losing touch with friends is much easier than you'd think

Do your traveling while you don't have many responsibilities

Keeping that terrible job for a few more years will only crush your spirit

If you don't take care of your teeth early on, you're in for lots of pain and big bills

Smoking (and vaping) depletes your health and wallet

Living your life for anyone but yourself is a great way to be miserable

If you're not investing, even a little bit, you're missing out

Settling down too early might lead you to miss out on some major experiences

Give your body the care it needs right now — don't wait

Via u/ThickEmployee8948.

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The Discourse

The Biggest Regrets People Have In Their 30s

Losing touch with friends is much easier than you'd think

Do your traveling while you don't have many responsibilities

Keeping that terrible job for a few more years will only crush your spirit

If you don't take care of your teeth early on, you're in for lots of pain and big bills

Smoking (and vaping) depletes your health and wallet

Living your life for anyone but yourself is a great way to be miserable

If you're not investing, even a little bit, you're missing out

Settling down too early might lead you to miss out on some major experiences

Give your body the care it needs right now — don't wait

Comments

The Discourse

Losing touch with friends is much easier than you'd think

Do your traveling while you don't have many responsibilities

Keeping that terrible job for a few more years will only crush your spirit

If you don't take care of your teeth early on, you're in for lots of pain and big bills

Smoking (and vaping) depletes your health and wallet

Living your life for anyone but yourself is a great way to be miserable

If you're not investing, even a little bit, you're missing out

Settling down too early might lead you to miss out on some major experiences

Give your body the care it needs right now — don't wait

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