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In some aspects of life yes. I don't fret over small things anymore. I worry about important things. My son,Doctors, pediatritions, dentists, bills, car shop, what to pack in lunches, what to make for dinner, homework and test for my son, .......normal stuff that I should care about.
Now things like starting a new job, co-workers, bosses, interviews....still get very nervous.
Yes. I'm in my late 20's and it's like night-and-day compared to my college years. Life experiences can mold us into something better... much of my "growth" over the last few years comes from moving around for work.
yes older is often, but not always, wiser.
now i realize i was right when young but had lots of self doubt
i thought others surely must know better
now i find that did not
but my caution in thought and deed helped get me to where
i am
i am in a very good place
confidence in the young is all too often translated into haste and
aggression which leads to an early grave
confident failures in the end are not attractive people though along the way deceive many thru their magnetic personalities of radiant confidence.
Nope; I've stayed just about the same; Usually really quiet around people that I don't know. Around people that I like and I know... You could hear me from a mile away but Couldn't see me D: being 5.9' and everyone I hang out with is 6.1+
I understand why they like me I still have the same mentality at all times I'm the loudest one out of all of them. Which is cause i'm myself around my friends and when i'm not i'm busy and I need to get some where.
Hell, yeah.
Didn't realize when I was younger how much more I have to offer than the average person.
Also my self-worth isn't tied up in other people's opinions.
This, pretty much.
Sometimes I feel like I'm getting full of myself, but then I realize I'm actually awesome so I have every right to be confident.
Most definately. I do not really think I felt that way until I was about or at 30... but with some age and experience comes more wisdom. I know myself better, what I can and cannot handle, what I like and don't, and most importantly what to worry about and focus on, and what I should just let slide.
I would say I am more confident in just about every area of life too, although I am sure I have more maturing to do as well.
Absolutely. 25 is the age where I really felt I knew who I was, and it was in my early 30s that I became more confident, less caring about what others think, more sure of myself,self-aware. I think the self-awareness the biggest aspect though, because there are some people who go through life without putting much thought into what they do or why they do it. There are also some people who simply don't have the capability to do that sort of thing. I'm glad I am the type of person who has that ability.
Age, maturity, and life experiences contribute to confidence. I'm more accepting of myself, more accepting of others, not judgmental about little things that don't matter, caring more about the qualities of a person's character in determining whether or not I want them in my life.
I'm 40 now and although my core values haven't changed, I'm not the same person I was at 20, and I would never want to go back to an age under 30. But a lot of this, you can't know in advance, and it will be your own life experiences that you hopefully have the awareness and ability to look upon in hindsight as you get older, and see your transformation (or lack of).
Young people worry about being accepted because the world revolves around it. When you get older you see most of these people are hypocrites and no good anyways. Majority of them talk out of both sides of their mouths and nobody is better then the next person & their opinions are no more accurate or valid then the next person's or your own. So at the end of the day, who cares what they think. Humanity in general is a crock and a waste of time. I seen for myself people are not all they're cracked up to be.
Last edited by Doll Eyes; 01-24-2013 at 10:44 AM..
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