Comments on: Should You Wait Until Your 30s to Choose a Career?

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 28 May 2013 15:45:00 +0000

It’s a trade-off. On one hand, I probably squandered my best chance of becoming a novelist in my twenties… I spent 6 years technical writing, and believe me – after enough time growing older and older as an office drone, you don’t even get the same thrill from exploring your passions.

On the other hand, I pulled a Shawshank Redemption – I crawled through a river of [censored] and came out clean on the other side. In other words, I saved a fortune and put myself through flight school.

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By: Susan de Sousa

Susan de Sousa — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:41:10 +0000

Ah but if you have kids etc later you can afford help to do the laundry as well as good boarding schools

By: George Kolosowski

George Kolosowski — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:32:43 +0000

Yeah I’d second that…….sooooo, when is that solid career decision coming? Usually by 55 or 60….you’re doing laundry for kids not even remotely related to your DNA…..as the wife-counter ticks over.

By: Melissa Nunnenkamp Maher

Melissa Nunnenkamp Maher — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:42:27 +0000

yeah it’s a lot like dating – each bad “relationship” (with a job) teaches you things about yourself, things you need and want and don’t like, and helps you figure out your eventual best job. i’ve thought about it that way for a while. because i’m not willing to settle for a crappy “relationship” with my job any more than i was willing to settle for a bad romantic relationship

By: Sarah Goshman

Sarah Goshman — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:25:43 +0000

Seems a bit strange to be talking about career in such absolutes… so many people change careers many times throughout their lives. I don’t think it has to be so black and white. I’ve discovered that all of the different things I’ve tried have given me really useful information about what I want even if they’re not The One.

By: Geoff Crane

Geoff Crane — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:01:06 +0000

I know from my own experience I didn’t really have a clue what I was going to do with my life in my 20s. Making solid decisions about career can wait. As for committing to a spouse / having kids, I’m not sure I’d want to wait TOO long. I don’t think I’d want to be running around doing my not-quite-grown kids laundry at 55.

By: Passion Flower Coaching

Passion Flower Coaching — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 15:06:26 +0000

I think your twenties are for travelling the world and discovering who you are and seeing the bigger picture of what’s out there, from here I think you can make a better informed decision about your career and the type of life you want to live.

By: Emma Gwillim - Life Design Coach

Emma Gwillim - Life Design Coach — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:14:53 +0000

I definitely see, and speak from my own experience of, the twenties’ years being a progression and a bit of ‘discovery’ and, often, there comes a point where women have evolved and want/need other things… The thirties seems to be the time of laying firmer, more considered foundations.

By: Ginny Hazen Damman

Ginny Hazen Damman — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:53:53 +0000

I think you should go with the career early on and if it doesn’t work, go another route!

By: Mandy Monaco

Mandy Monaco — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:03:40 +0000

how appropriate

By: Christopher Costa

Christopher Costa — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:13:02 +0000

Youth is the time to make errors. Hopefully, one has them sorted out by 30.