What did you do with your life between the ages 22 and 30?

got married and had a child.

Was a percussionist in an orchestra for 4 years. Actually managed to make over $20,000 two years in a row by also teaching tons of private lessons, steel drums and drum lines. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Quit and went to law school. Now make in a year than in 4 years as a musician, but still feel just as poor.

Drank a whole lot, worked a lot, chased women (my 20's were the horniest years), trained hard early 20's, got fat middle 20's, trained hard late 20's, got married at 30.

Graduated from college, looked for work for 3 mo.; got my first job, a 1 year paid internship with the US Fish & Wildlife Service.

Kept running and racing when I could.

Went back to school for 2nd bachelor's, and worked some in between, skipped the 2nd degree and jumped into masters program at Colorado State. Raced my first marathons & took up xc ski racing.

Dated disasterously for years before meeting my wife, also a runner.

Completed in two US national xc ski championships, finished masters degree, got married, and landed my first long term job in the American outback (Nevada, which I held from 29 through most of age 30. Moved to Cornell for a research position just before turning 31.

22 - Was already married and already graduated from college. Spent most of that year traveling around the Western US with my wife rock climbing.

23 - After a year of playing we both got jobs in a major metropolitan. First post college job, and first job not in construction.

24 - Quit my first job. Decided we didn't want to live in the city and moved to a place we wanted to live, we didn't have jobs so we spent a lot of that time traveling and vacationing (I had a lot of money built up from my framing company I sold while in college).

25 - got my second job out of college and still my current job. More of a career as I'm very happy here. Bought a house, became perminant residents of the community.

26 - second motorcycle accident where my spine was fractured. This one caused perminant memory loss and weeks in a comma. Wife divorced me while I was in rehab (no kids).

27 - mowed a lot of different grass and drank a lot of beer.

28 - mowed a lot of different grass and drank even more beer.

29 - mowed so much 'diff' that I got an STD. Drank a lot of beer.

30 - kept mow'n the fresh grass. Drank a lot of beer.

That pretty much sums it up. Oh and I still live in the same house and work at the same place. Until this last year I really haven't accomplished anything other than increasing my "number" and becoming an alcoholic since being divorced 8 years ago. I know it's pathetic but it's true.

At 22 I was 1 year into my first post-college job and loving it. It was a GREAT place for a first job with an unbelievably talented group of people (early 80's engineering in Silicon Valley). I worked 6 years there before moving on to my second job. Had two kids. Didn't run at all except for the annual company 5K.

You might have already been acquainted...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND7tU8JME_g

Sounds like you could use it.

Had fun in college,grades stank,graduated somehow,moved to the beach, moved home,got bored, moved out west to be a ski bum. Moved on to California for the summer, moved home. Got bored moved to big city,washed dishes,pounded nails till I got a real job 2 yrs later. Got a real girlfriend. We moved out west again relationship fell apart, got depressed, moved back home, struggled with career, bought house. got girlfriend.lost girlfriend.

Worked for a corporation in San Fran. for 2 months, taught English in Japan for 2.2 years, traveled around Asia, worked as a paralegal, went to law school and taught ESL to refugees, started working as a lawyer.

Oh yeah -- got married and had 2 kids -- also got 2 dogs before the kids. Ha ha -- how did I forget that?

Great thread.

22 - was already graduated from college. Worked in a gold's gym - classy I know. Puttin that college degree to WORK! Drank and partied A LOT. Made up for missed partying in college from runner life, like the guy above wrote.

23 - Started grad school. Partied even more. These were good times. Lots of women, to the point of really surprising myself.

24 - see 23, but started to get tired of it. Then met woman who I would marry.

25 - moved in with that woman. Decided to change grad schools. Left with master's degree.

26 - Moved several states away to essentially start over in grad school. Got a dog.

27 - Grad school.

28 - got married, grad school.

29 - close to finishing PhD. first child born just before 30.

30 - new father. Defend PhD. Move across the country for post-doctoral position.

I should add among the 25-29 range lots of traveling and hiking. Traveled extensively in the US on a grad student's budget and schedule. It could/can be done. Now the wife and I have real jobs with real paychecks with two kids and feel like we have zero time to travel.

thenegotiator wrote:

Answer plz.

Pretty much f***ed as many women as I could and drank as much whisky as I could. In between I worked so I could have money to spend on women and whisky.

I'm 40 now.

Anthony Robbins Junior wrote:

You might have already been acquainted...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND7tU8JME_g

Sounds like you could use it.

Not sure how the movie Office Space applies to my life. I love my job. I love pounding freshies every week. I also don't mind being an alcoholic. That movie is about someone who doesn't like any aspect of his life. That is not me.

22 - graduated college, finished competitive running career, started first grad program

23 - finished first masters, hit the weight room a lot, had serious gf

24 - started phd program, same gf, lots of cutting class which i never did in college

25 - left phd program with another masters, headed to korea to teach english at a univ

26 - kept teaching english, studied a lot of korean, decided i'd need a better career, hung out pretty much every night with a good group of friends, got job offer at a bank

27 - traveled a good bit over three continents, started working at the bank...

And that's where the story leaves off.

I'm assuming your STD is something like herpes or whatnot. Please tell me you aren't just hiding it and transmitting it.

22 - dropped out of college

23 - worked and lived in Eugene briefly.

24 - went to Alaska for two months, came back, worked on a garbage truck and at a hospital. Got PRs at 2M, 6M

25 - Met a girl, started dating, still working at hospital.

26 - Married, took a job at a funeral home (included a great apartment!).

27 - Went back to college, got marathon PR and 10k road PR.

28 - Dropped out of college again, became a father for first time.

29 - PR at Bloomsday, got a new job.

30 - Fatherhood again.

Tripled my income, got married, had my first child, started running, lost 60+ pounds, qualified for Boston and ran it, ran under 15 for 5K and under 70 for HM.

Kurt Van Hälen wrote:

laughingostrich wrote:

So far graduated college and started grad school. I am 23.

that's a mistake

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M98x-FLp7E

No, dont' worry its not a mistake. That video is funny though.