Henry Heimlich presented his famous maneuver when he was 54. Sir Francis Chichester was 65 when he sailed solo around the world. You're never too old to achieve greatness but there are some things you just have to complete in time. Twitter users are posting what they think everyone should accomplish before turning 35, and it hilariously describes what today's average adult is like.
It all started when MarketWatch published an article, saying by that age you should already have saved two times your salary. People instantly called it a stupid milestone and started providing their own alternatives. From properly setting up your kitchen to the contents of your hard drive, want to know how close you are to a proper grown-up? Scroll down and these tweets will help you get there. Oh, and vote for your favorites! (Cover Image: tiffany terry)
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I will help :) P.S. they don't have to even be tupperware. All plastics will work ;)
Load More Replies...In my house we avoid opening the cabinet, this prevents the tsunami of plastic ending up all over the floor
I've achieved this at 25 already... Looks like I'm doing SOMETHiNG right in my life!
i did, but then i realized my southern roots & started saving plastic containers that i'd already paid for and emptied of their original content. unlike my mother, though, it's not a treasure hunt whenever i want to find something because i also remove the original labeling (acetone). saving a little bit of money AND cutting down on my use of plastics!
I did that by age 25... I’ve been selling Tupperware since I was 22! Have made over $85,000 in extra cash for trips and I’ve been spoiling myself ever since. (But mine all match and don’t fall out of the cabinet when I open the doors. LOL
And now I have a garage and second bedroom full of NOS Tupperware inventory to sell.
Load More Replies...Been driving my mum crazy with this since I was 14... Am I ageing too fast? :'(
Uh oh... Can I pretend that I'm airing them until I need them, sometime really soon?
What about a piece of exercise equipment, used only for the clothes thing?
This is the secret of being an adult. Nobody really is.. we are all still youngsters, wondering what the hell happened to our bodies and winging life as it goes by.
Omg as a kid I always knew adult world was dysfunctional but I had hoped they knew what they were doing. But damn! They really have no idea what is it they r supposed to do.
I realized it one day replying to one of comments on Bored Panda articles - I Started writing - Do you know in our days, we were used to be so different. And there is struck me like a truck, that I am old.
when I was an annoying dumb teen, I watched my mom getting excited about old bands reunion concerts and thought "who would want to go to a concert of some losers that no longer play on the radio?".... now, 36, I already have my tickets to one of those "loser bands I used to love when I was a kid/teen" reunion concert.
Well this thread is making me feel very accomplished because I have ticked all of these off my list. :)
It isn't true... oh, wait a minute!! Actually, for me it genuinely isn't true. I can't think of one way I'm like my parents.
Load More Replies...So true, especially when it comes to being a parent, I have said things and went well s**t I am in that part of my life now
Just few weeks back I discarded a huge box will of cables, now since last 2 days I am searching a cable to extend by vacuum. Life Choices eh?
About a year ago, I had a Geek Squad guy come to my house for something. He noticed my box of cables and went through them one by one and told me which ones to keep. He even took the discards to dispose of. Bless him!
I have one friend who is a total geek but he still managed to throw away the power cable of his Super Nintendo. That was an awful mistake. A good geek will always keep all the cables so mistakes like that can never happen. :D
Load More Replies...I've reached the point where I just buy a new cord when I discover one I need because I have no interest in facing the giant box of unidentified cords anymore. I don't keep cords anymore unless I am certain what they go to and can easily place them in a labeled storage box identifying their use category.
OMG! so relieved here!! i thought it was just us--we have two TIDY CAT litter boxes (no litter and washed out, of course) crammed full of cables. I want to toss them, but HH (Hoarding Hubby) has refused--guess we'll just keep them and pass them on as part of our "estate"--(we're 80 yrs old)
It was only about 15 years ago that my partner threw out the 5 inch floppy discs
In my state disposable plastic bags have been banned, so everyone has reusable canvas ones. Naturally our canvas bags contain other canvas bags...
Australia is in transition to no plastic bags. Recycle for the win for the world.
Load More Replies...Once the big plastic bag is crammed full, I take it to Wal-Mart which has a recycling bin for plastic bags.
not a cabinet, but on a shelf in the laundry.. tons of little plastic bags inside of one big one.. LOL so true.. I used them to clean kitty liter and other stuff. I feel like I am recycling! Yipee LOL
I have the plastic bag full of other plastic bag cupboard and it's so full sometimes it spills into the floor yet I continue adding more plastic bags because eventually I'm sure I will need every single one of them and I can't make myself throw away a perfectly good bag that can be used for all kinds of things!!!!
Yep. Happened to me no later than today... And we always know it will never happen, but we are too polite to acknowledge it...
Load More Replies...just had this conversation with my friend yesterday, still probably wont hang out
This was me until the advent of Facebook. Now I don't have to scream it, just type it.
Yesterday, I Slept till 1 PM, had breakfast, felt tired, went to bed again at 2pm and slept till 5.30 PM, took a 5 min walk, had a piizza, felt tired again went to bed at 7 PM and slept till 6 AM today. I am still feeling tired.
Yeah, that didn't happen. I still go to be hours after midnight. Every day. I hate mornings... Especailly on work days. :-)
I'm 21 and I'm already there... I think this list should maybe be called 'once you've lived away from home for at least a year'
Once I'm 42 and all my kids move out, then I'll stay in bed all day!! lol
I am tired all the time because my chronic pains take most of my energy away. I LOVE NAPS AND SLEEP! But when I have some energy, I'd like to do fun and nice things and meet up with friends / family. So I still feel like I have a life. Lol.
Yep!! I'm 39 on 8th June and so far all of these are true but this one, sleeping and showering are my favourite hobbies!
Oh, that happens in your 20s as well. When you're a teenage → "How old are you?", "15 and a half"; when in your mid to late 20s → "How old are you?" *doing maths*
This is when being born in 1990 is pretty convenient.
Load More Replies...Yes! After I turned 30, I lost track of how old I am. I have to think about it for a moment. Doesn't help when I get carded. Birth year I know. Age, I have to think of.
YES!!!! I am always like that, I have to think about it... I said in a previous comment i'm 39 soon but it took me ages to figure it out hahaha!!
I spent the last 6 months telling people I'm the age I'll actually be in 3 months.
Since I stopped stating my age on a daily basis in chat rooms years ago, I have no idea how old I am, except when people celebrate my birthday and tell me how old I really am. :\
I can tell for certain what age will I be if asked directly. However, I had the 5 years age delay in my brain when thinking about age limited insurance, when I was almost 25 (family member bought car, and got insurance for drivers 25 and older. I started thinking that if they kept the car for 3 years, like she originally planned, I won't get to drive it, because I still won't be 25 after these 3 years. 5 minutes later: wait, I will be 25 in a month... ups)
I have backups of things which I don't know. And I don't have backups of things which I really should have.
Ugh, I think I can tick off this item. And I have dozens of USB back-ups as well, and of course the one that has the file I need is never in the box...
The "Temporary" folder on my hard drive is an abyss of confusion and duplicate files
Yeah, I moved 1000 km at 36. The Great Friend Purging. But online introverts get me. ;-)
Same. I moved a state away and lost my lifelong friends. Any new friends feel more like casual acquaintances and temporary
Load More Replies...Ok. 1-10 Accomplished, but i still jave to find these online strangers
When you are few years past the 35 years mark, you know very well how to always keep up that poker face (even if you will still have no idea how you have managed to hold on to the roller coaster all that time).
Load More Replies...Now now don't left this experience out of the 20s. Maann! This s**t is hard.
I like the fact that you like Jessica. Makes me think I would like Jessica too.
Load More Replies...It's absolutely time for us to be rid of the need for excuses and be open and honest with one another's needs. "I am not able to attend after all. I'm sorry." "It's fine! I know you struggle. I will never, ever mind when you have to cancel. I support your need for space and flexibility. Please take care of your mental health and I'm here when you are ready to meet! XO"
Nah. I've too many health problems that I can hardly get out when I do want to.
Me too. Now I'm starting to weed them out to charity shops, and regretting that I gave away all my Stephen Kings cos I want to read them again
Load More Replies...By the age of 35, you should own so many books that it makes moving a b***h. So you stay in your s****y apartment, just so you don't have to move heavy boxes full of books.
Lol, that made me giggle. Moving in a few months and am dreading packing up my many, many books.
Load More Replies...Not true for all, but true for my kid of people. May God give you all many books in your life time.
I did this by high school, upgraded to a Kindle in 2010, but am still lugging around all of my favorites...I hate moving
I got myself an ebook reader at age 23 to avoid this exact scenario. Still got 3 boxes full of books, but at least it's only that.
um... double your salary? I have minus half of my salary does that count!
How do you know when you reach menopause or do you stop taking it before then? Though it can have such a wide window... I'm just nosy and can't take birth control for health reasons - hence not having a clue!!!
Load More Replies...Every damn time! You think 20+ years of once a month shenanigans, I'd get used to it already!
He means cumulatively, right? Because I don't see that number in my bank account, and I feel like I've been working forever.
Schwanzgesicht can translate into dickface. Or ponytailface.
Load More Replies...And the flatware. Don't even think about using my jelly spoon for anything but coffee sugar or I will pull out the never used for fish fish knife and cut you!
XD BWAHAHAHAHA!!! Oh. My. God, you just made me spit coffee across my kitchen laughing at that! I am exactly the same way!! And I have three roommates in their mid 20's, so they live on the brink of maiming pretty much perpetually and I've developed a permanent twitch, lol.
Load More Replies...One pair I like, one emergency backup pair for when I inevitably wear out that pair at the worst possible moment, two work shirts and four general use shirts. (I've refined the system a bit. ;-)
4 pairs of pants and way too many t-shirt, some maybe 10 years old.... And I'm 25...
I have 4 pairs of jeans and my fav t shirts that I wear under my work shirts
I'm not sure whether I don't start enough or am too boringly sensible and so have finished most things I've started - whatever it is I feel like I'm not doing it right!
Not too far from 35 but I agree... I don't think I'll ever finish some :O
Yarn and to-be-finished projects have now spilled from my workroom to the Family room. I love to crochet, when I get around to it.
This is the corollary to the 'back-ups of previous hard drives' item...
*thinks about dusting off the piles of floppy discs* * looks at cute cat videos*
Load More Replies...I have the time to play with them, but I feel that I've outgrown them all, but I also don't want to part with them...
unless you are a PINTEREST-aholic, like me. pin that s**t, people! there's no need to have more than 20 tabs open at once, lol
I save stuff to Pocket or just admit I won't ever read it and just close the tabs. I have at most 25 tabs for a few hours, and no more than 10 by the end of the day.
Load More Replies...I do still love multiple tabs though, I remember when you had only one and had to keep backspacing to find one that you had open earlier and want again. And I can NOT train my 2 work colleagues to keep tabs that we use all day, open, they close the f'k'n browser down every time they finish with a customer!
I'm closing tabs with unread articles after a couple of days, if I didn't yet I won't do it, no point in lying to myself- I have others to do that job
I just bookmark them all. I swear I'll go back to them one day to verify if I still need to keep the bookmark saved.
And then Chrome, which usually never crashed, crashes and are unable to open them again. It's like Chrome is trying to help me save time.
I think this is the real reason computers insist on updating. Just so you close all your browser windows.
That in itself is an unacceptable position to have. You must love them or hate them. There is no in-between.
Load More Replies...I'll keep mine to myself too, even though my friends also find it weird that grown men dress up as them for fun!?
4 real friends (5 if you count my SO, but that is different). No online friends. A few other (on-line) acquaintances yes. Friends. Just 4 real ones, of which 1 of them lives on the other side of the world (literally 12 hours time difference). And of course family. And I am happy with this situation!
Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
You keep using that age. I do not think it means what you think it means.
I've had my own place since I was 17, I'm just now (36) starting to look to a future where it's not constant sacrifice. I've made bad decisions and have lived with them, I've made good decisions but was too lazy to see them through. One day I finally had enough of squandering around, so a few more years of sacrifice and things will be much better. I would never wish to rewind time and live with my parents until I could jump straight to (or near) their level of success. I would never give up those experiences.
26, have a job, live with my girlfriend who also have a job... Isn't it normal ?
You don't live alone. You share expenses with your girlfriend. It's not uncommon to not live with family, it's uncommon to live by yourself. I can afford to live alone, but then I wouldn't be able to save much.
Load More Replies...Meredith Brooks - B***h (1997) <3 For all the young ones out there, who doesn't know it - you will need it. :-D
Or you can wait until you're old. It automatically comes with the territory.
By the age of 35 I won five bouts with City Hall, Two with the School Board, and stood up to my abusive dad. Had a heart attack and welcomed my first grandchild. I sold my home for twice and half what we paid for it and held out on the new house until we got what was needed to be done. Just a mom and leader of an organization many years ago. Now a domestic goddess and always a domestic goddess.
I don't care anymore. unless someone messes with my pets
Load More Replies...I was probably 50-something before I reached that stage, and that was almost 20 years ago. Oh, well, better late than never, right?
I don't think so. Most people in their 30s I know with PHD kind of feel the same - hard work, low pay, very competitive and critical atmosphere, etc. Either they look for something else, either they pursue with very clear career path and objective in mind without knowing if and when reality will align with their plans.
Load More Replies...And you should know there are other bits, like the labia (majora & minora) and the clitoris, and how they all work together like an orchestra performing a symphony.
Load More Replies...Probably not during a biology lesson on human anatomy and reproduction 🤣
Load More Replies...Really? I thought anyone over 18 would be able to do that... The word clitoris seems to catch a lot of people though...
And not offended if someone compliments how wonderful yours is, like how they compliments a guy how huge his bulge is.
I'm always afraid people think I meant to type "vulva" whenever I type "uvula."
Got that! But they're all stacked on a wall in a room, we call it the den, but really it's the library of unread books that we plan to read one day... so we just go in there and admire them all up on their shelves calling to us, but not loud enough that we can actually hear them. And that's why they stay up there on the shelf.
This is so odd to me. I read every single book I buy. I can't imagine having a stack of books and NOT reading them!
Dashlane helps a lot, but it also makes you feel guilty about the password you used for just about everything before you had a password minder.
Ug I hate the sites who insist on being super secure (like Sony entertainment) that need a letter, number, capital letter, special character, not your last 3 passwords, and your mother's bank account. At least if they are gong to be that picky it should remind you of their over the top policies when you fail the pw the first time.
And when you hear other people say it you stand there quietly grinding your teeth and wishing that you weren't an introvert and could politely corect them in a socially-acceptable way...
What is this "socially acceptable" thing you speak of? Actually, what is "social"? Is that what people can do on their own while in a shared space?
Load More Replies...Same as green "verde" sauce ;P (green - green sauce). Or "carne asada" steak....
Well I am blessed that I am 34 and found out about this just in time!!!
35 was actually the moment I started to have no f*ck to give anymore... So I guess it's a key moment indeed !
Totally in awe of you all. It took me until 50 to reach that stage. Although I must have raised my kids right. They are in the 30 to nearly 40 age and don't give a f**k.
Load More Replies...Yeah, tick. Same thing applies to all those bookmarks I will need some day...
I actually do, in a folder called "Temp" that contain many subfolders called things like "temp1" "temp_asdf" and "TempTemp"
Plus thousands of post-its with obscure references to things you forgot.
I don't have even one. I am too old fashioned I guess to be surrounded by books(hard covers)(not e-book).
I don't have that many yet it's still flipping hard work remembering which programme was on which service!
or at 2 am to the gynecologist emergency by ambulance car with period cramps...
I so wish people knew what was a genuine emergency. In the UK the NHS spells it out very clearly on their website. Though if you don't read it in advance you won't get time in a real emergency!
I rushed to the hospital around 2am with my sister and wondered if they will assist me because I just encountered an allergy reaction rashes fills my body and when the nurses advice me to went by later in morning since the doctors are also not available that time. I was angry because I need help but laughed because I know it but still insist to go.
This is perhaps the best comment I have ever seen in all of Bored Panda. (Not to disparage any of the other brilliant comments. I just laughed so hard at this.)
Load More Replies...Also by the time you are 35 you should know to always shoot first.
In case you didn't know, thousands of Irish people flew home this week solely to vote in the referendum to overturn the anti-abortion laws in Ireland.
Load More Replies...I occasionally buy a book I expect to read and then don't get around to it. I'm going to read it. I am, really.
Load More Replies...I just can't use ebooks. It's not the same! I need to touch paper and be able to turn physical pages. My husband, who reads at the speed of light, says that when reading an ebook the information just doesn't stick with him. So we both continue to accumulate traditional, paperback books. Already filled up our sixth bookcase... :-S
Every time you have to make a choice between the cool new book you just downloaded or the one that has been sitting on the shelf long enough for you to forget where you got it
Got this one - I get a refresher course every election cycle. :-D
Yeah, this doesn't apply to tumblr (20-35 is tumblr, biggest age group, and most people there don't get jokes)
Ahh come on I am forever 35 even though my kids are in their 40's.
Two down and I'm sure there are a few more that needs to come back as a different acceptable life form. Can't stand that buzzing.
Right? But don't forget the cities you should name after your dog and horse, as well as being declared a god incarnate.
It's generally accepted that he died of sepsis due to a wound in his thigh...
Load More Replies...I've been tired my whole life...and I'm not even 30 yet!
Load More Replies...Yes and by 45 learn to be a better person than you were when you were 35
I have 8 Glad food storage containers and 52 lids and I don't know how that happened.
I think it's because I have the rest of your missing containers and you may have some of my lids...
Load More Replies...You should have 3 lids for the Tupperware, 7 lids for the Rubbermaid, 9 lids for the recycled butter tubs and 1 addition lid to rule the all.
Done all that I'm sure because of my dreams and did that done that and believe he let me come to earth again to let him know what the h is going on down here. Not so sure about being born of a Virgin.
While people like you suck the life blood out both employees and owners, using your philosophy as an excuse to be bitter, lazy, and expecting the rest of us to pay for it. By 35 you should have stopped taking Fight Club seriously and recognized it as the exercise in hypocrisy it is.
By 35 you should know that you can start your own business and be the business owner that grow wealthy, if only you would put effort into it.
I wonder if Existential_Comics has ever travelled in countries such as Russia or India. In Westwern countries, business owners could sell all their properties, live in peace and hiring no-one anymore. There is no balance between the two economies. But at least, I don't complain if I can find a work, have a good HCS and the possibility to start a business.
You'd be "Some ponce who thinks he's king just because some wet broad in a lake gave him a sword.""
Even if you are in a country where that's not the currency? I might have that amount somewhere...
Wait are you paying for the doll with the child or is the doll for the child?
Oops! Nevermind. I didn't see the 'Les Mis Confessions' there. Sorry
Load More Replies...By age 35 you should be to old to bet your well being on something like a bit coin.
I took it as a joke about the fluctuating values of bitcoin. The actual amount of money isn't going to change, just the amount of bitcoin it's worth.
Load More Replies...My dog ate my rubber chicken --- wait, that one was his. I don't have my own :(
We had a rubber chicken that out lasted three large dogs.
Load More Replies...I got my first one in last year's Surprise Santa, and gave it to a colleague who wanted it more. But don't worry, I got a flamingo plant label instead!
The rate the retirement age keeps going up you could be a girl at 45!
Stop wondering if they're a man or a woman, and stop being a jerk (if you were being a jerk in the first place).
Load More Replies...Really, that comment for just one hyphen, one period, and perhaps an ampersand?
Load More Replies...By age 35, you should stop worrying about what other people think, and just live you own life.
I’m 35 and my interpretation of quantum mechanics is that one time Scott Bakula fixed my car
Umm... false. https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2018/05/29/lockheed-martin-f-35-fighter-poised-to-become-one-of-americas-biggest-exports/2/#690fe10e7283
Every try carrying a guitar and a suitcase filled with music books on a bike?
I read it wrong and thought you said ride a bike with a guitar case full of book... Like which post apocalyptic YA novel did that come out of.
Load More Replies...Notice it was posted by a bicycle advocacy group.
Load More Replies...But I can't be bothered and there are other people or organisations who have already done all the hard work.
Stalinist apologists for example. That's putting it very simply - not because of you but because I really should get off Bored Panda and go to sleep!
Load More Replies...By the age of 35, you should have at least 5 pairs of underwear without holes, and the elastic still keeps them up. I'm 37, and I hope to accomplish my 34 yr old goals soon.
I'm 25 and I always calculate my age whenever I have forms to fill or when someone asks me. HAHAHA
Time is flying fast... So, when I was about to turn 30, I decided to do a little "something" so I can feel better about it. If we take Honoré De Balzac's word, a woman blooms truly at 30. So I let myself have that "glorious year of being a specially bloomed flower". After that, I started counting backwards, each birthday. This year I am about to turn 35, but the truth is, I am actually turning 25. Ha! Take that, life, take that time! Today I drank so much coffee, I didn't even need an afternoon nap!
Truly truly you made me feel much better, I've been trying to figure out how I am going to deal with turning 30 that seems to he looming closer as I type... I should send your flowers at the very least.
Load More Replies...By age of 35 you should be able to accept that others have a different opinion and life style. By age of 35 ou should learn not to impose your opinion and shove your beliefs to anyone. By age of 35 you should stop bragging about your belongings and wanting to be liked. By age of 35 you should realize that life is not a popularity contest. By age of 35 you should be able to admit that you like normal, conformists, mainstream stuff just like anybody else. By age of 35 you should learn that your snobbism doesn't make you superior. ******* By age of 35 you should be able to remember where you put all your stuff. By age of 35 you should be able to admit that your collections and shopping obsessions are making you a hoarder. By age of 35, you should be able not to lose your hair tie. By age of 35 you should remember that you don't have the metabolism of a 15 year old. By age of 35, you finally have the money to buy your super hero stuff.
by the age of 35, you should have destroyed Voldemort, and graduated Hogwarts.
When I was a kid I thought 30 was middle aged until my aunt asked me if I expected to die at 60. So yeah :)
By age 50 you should have so much c**p hanging in your closet that you hurt your fingers trying to cram one more thing onto that rod.
By the age of 35, you should have at least 5 pairs of underwear without holes, and the elastic still keeps them up. I'm 37, and I hope to accomplish my 34 yr old goals soon.
I'm 25 and I always calculate my age whenever I have forms to fill or when someone asks me. HAHAHA
Time is flying fast... So, when I was about to turn 30, I decided to do a little "something" so I can feel better about it. If we take Honoré De Balzac's word, a woman blooms truly at 30. So I let myself have that "glorious year of being a specially bloomed flower". After that, I started counting backwards, each birthday. This year I am about to turn 35, but the truth is, I am actually turning 25. Ha! Take that, life, take that time! Today I drank so much coffee, I didn't even need an afternoon nap!
Truly truly you made me feel much better, I've been trying to figure out how I am going to deal with turning 30 that seems to he looming closer as I type... I should send your flowers at the very least.
Load More Replies...By age of 35 you should be able to accept that others have a different opinion and life style. By age of 35 ou should learn not to impose your opinion and shove your beliefs to anyone. By age of 35 you should stop bragging about your belongings and wanting to be liked. By age of 35 you should realize that life is not a popularity contest. By age of 35 you should be able to admit that you like normal, conformists, mainstream stuff just like anybody else. By age of 35 you should learn that your snobbism doesn't make you superior. ******* By age of 35 you should be able to remember where you put all your stuff. By age of 35 you should be able to admit that your collections and shopping obsessions are making you a hoarder. By age of 35, you should be able not to lose your hair tie. By age of 35 you should remember that you don't have the metabolism of a 15 year old. By age of 35, you finally have the money to buy your super hero stuff.
by the age of 35, you should have destroyed Voldemort, and graduated Hogwarts.
When I was a kid I thought 30 was middle aged until my aunt asked me if I expected to die at 60. So yeah :)
By age 50 you should have so much c**p hanging in your closet that you hurt your fingers trying to cram one more thing onto that rod.
