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Habits can be hard to break, but eliminating a few will lead to a much healthier lifestyle.
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Here,ClassPassshares some tips for cutting back on some unhealthy habits before the age of 30.
Between ages 20 and 29, you’ve got the option to get away with a lot.
Its common to be figuring out your life plan, to be adventuring, exploring, experimenting.
Changing jobs is to be expected.
Dating different people is common.
On one hand, kind of insultingafter all, youre working really hard to figure things out!
On the other hand, its a little release on the pressure valve.
After all, expectations arent through the roof for kids.
You round the corner on 30 and no one thinks youre a kid anymore.
And the pressure begins.
Youre a big kid.
it’s possible for you to handle it.
Those all-nighters at the club are wreaking havoc on your body, sleep schedule and mental acuity.
Stick to a few drinks a week, you classy grown up, you.
That guy you started dating because everyone you showed his Tinder photo to thought he was hot?
The one who stands you up all the time and whom youre pretty sure is dating someone else?
That friend who consistently puts you down or leaves you out of plans with her better friends?
Putting up with being mistreatedfor popularity, image, status, whatever the reasonwill continue to deplete you.
Get in touch with your future self and ask her what she wants in her relationships.
She probably wants to be valued and treated well.
Maybe she wants to laugh.
Takeout, while convenient and delicious, stops being cool for every meal somewhere around 30.
Unless you have no other financial goals in your life, this isnt going to do you any favors.
The alternative might be dentures in your 40s.
Sure, they make you crazy, but now that youre an adult, cut them some slack.
Theyre human, and theyre probably nottryingto make you miserable.
venture to reconnect with them as adults and find things you have in common.
Its probably more than you think!
Call them every once in a while too, theyll appreciate it.
As comedian Mike Birbiglia says, Its easy to be on time: Just be early.
On time lasts one minute… and then youre late.
By 30, its time to demonstrate some professionalism and consideration.
By the start of your fourth decade, you have ample life experience behind you.
Acknowledge and take advantage of opportunities that present themselves.
Recognize that youve spent the last 30 years proving yourself and acquiring the qualities required to achieve big things.
Now is the time to get out of your own way and seize your 30s courageously!
Originally Written By Amy Height,ClassPass
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