self-imposed pressure

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I seem to feel that when you are a certain age, you told by some people to 'act of your age', you are too old to be doing this or doing that and so on and that if you don't that you are frowned upon. Its just one of the things I find it frustrating I seem to think if someone is 30 or over 30 they should stop having as much fun as they did in their 20s and start taking things seriously and think about marriage and raising a family when I am still single and have no children and that there is pressure in me to start thinking about it sooner rather than later because if you leave it later, chances are you won't have children in the 40s and so on. Seeing other people in their 20s makes me feel envious and feel like I've wasted my time as at 22 or 23 I never graduated and was for a few years out of work until 26 and working ever since and I think someone who is 25 have more time to enjoy life (five years) whereas for me its less time.

I feel better in my 30s than I used to in my 20s and I felt better in my 20s than I used to in my teens.

The secret: Over time I care less and less for what other people think.

I agree with magz and high llama.

On my 60th birthday I decided I don't have to explain myself to anyone any more... not even a high court judge. Embrace your inner grumpy old git and never measure yourself against your contemporaries' achievements... it's all an illusion.