How old are you?

I'm in my mid 20s, played Shenmue for the first time when I was 10 years old. I've been browsing the Shenmue dojo forums since I was 12.
 
Nathanial Essex said:
Same here! Feel anyway about that?
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Hard to say lol.

Its been a good year because we purchased a home, I got a 5% raise at work (always not much, but wasn't expecting that!) and I've been smashing my targets at work all year, plus doing some extra things that give me commission.

The negatives have been few and far between, so the year has been very good, on the whole.

The first 30 years of my life were a flurry of good and bad (More bad than good, but I guess the mere fact that I'm alive, healthy and have a significantly higher net worth than ever before, is far from a bad thing), but it taught me a lot about the world and I'm still learning about how the world works and my place in it, each and every day.

So I'm just hoping that the other side of 30, continues to have my life trending upwards, though I've always felt that my life will be much shorter than my peers (having cancer at 21 didn't help), so getting to the big 3-0 doesn't have me worried about what will happen, but wary.

Just wish I could lose some weight (and I will, as next week I will be able to walk to work and home, which will give me some great exercise) is all :$. I'm not morbidly obese (BMI is 31 or so) and I'm 6'0, but I could stand to drop the weight, especially since less than 2 years ago, I was down to 217 (at 247 now).

I'm rambling, sorry for the derail!
 
Truck_1_0_1_ said:
Hard to say lol.

Its been a good year because we purchased a home, I got a 5% raise at work (always not much, but wasn't expecting that!) and I've been smashing my targets at work all year, plus doing some extra things that give me commission.

The negatives have been few and far between, so the year has been very good, on the whole.

The first 30 years of my life were a flurry of good and bad (More bad than good, but I guess the mere fact that I'm alive, healthy and have a significantly higher net worth than ever before, is far from a bad thing), but it taught me a lot about the world and I'm still learning about how the world works and my place in it, each and every day.

So I'm just hoping that the other side of 30, continues to have my life trending upwards, though I've always felt that my life will be much shorter than my peers (having cancer at 21 didn't help), so getting to the big 3-0 doesn't have me worried about what will happen, but wary.

Just wish I could lose some weight (and I will, as next week I will be able to walk to work and home, which will give me some great exercise) is all :$. I'm not morbidly obese (BMI is 31 or so) and I'm 6'0, but I could stand to drop the weight, especially 1|since less than 2 years ago, I was down to 217 (at 247 now).

I'm rambling, sorry for the derail!
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Ramble away! It's why I love this forum so much. My main aim was to also lose a significant amount of weight before I turned 30 but reaching my 120kg target is looking slim. I probably can do it but my mentality is just completely set at just getting through work and spending my free time doing what I want to do; relaxing, playing video games and watching TV. I just need a break and hope that my upcoming 2 weeks holiday in June will give me the refresh I need.
 
About to be 22. It seems that people who are under 29 or 30 aren't very common here.
 
Inno said:
About to be 22. It seems that people who are under 29 or 30 aren't very common here.
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Haha nice. You'd be right as lots of us discovered this games in our teens/pre-teens.

That said its awesome to see new fans from a different generation of gamers discover why we all fell for Shenmue.
 
I don't usually stumble to the lower forums, but this thread was sitting near the top so I just read though it. Sadly, I've gotten older since it was posted. ? I'm 33 now, having bought the first game via pre-order from Sega.com back in 2000 and getting the second for Christmas the following year. I played the series at least yearly up through college but it kind of dropped off after that and only happened 2 or 3 times prior to the re-releases.

As far as life goes, I'm fortunate enough to still be healthy but I haven't really done anything with my social life since college so that's a huge character flaw. Overall I can't complain though since I haven't tried.
 
Nathanial Essex said:
Anyone here remember when they turned 30, did you actually feel any different?
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I didn't expect thirty (this past January) to affect me mentally or physically, but it did sort of creep up on me. I admit that neither my health nor my career are where I'd like them to be, and I noticed that a little more painfully when the clock turned. That said, I've been using it more as a wake up call to exercise a bit more and get priorities straight. I probably psyched myself out for no reason, but I picked myself back up.
 
Nathanial Essex said:
Anyone here remember when they turned 30, did you actually feel any different?
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At 30, not really. I had minor problems in my 20's that could affect people of all ages - I got shin splints (pain in front of the leg below the knee) a couple of times over the years, then plantar fasciitis (pain in the arch of the foot) in my late 20's. This was primarily caused by running, but I think it worsened my chances of it due to weight training. I think I put too much pressure on my legs when I run. So after running into multiple problems caused by running over the years, I switched my cardiovascular exercise from running to an elliptical which is honestly more fun for me than running. I still bike occasionally, that's fun too.

At 31 is when I started to notice side effects of aging, but some of it was not real. In the span of a couple of months I started getting migraine headaches for the first time in my life. I never had headaches prior to that. And my joints started crackling and popping, which I had never experienced prior to that even though some people start getting that in their late teens or early 20's. I'd get up in the morning and take a few steps and I'd get joints popping, or I'd bend my knee and it could pop, or I'd rotate my neck around and feel crackling. And I pulled a muscle in my shoulder around the same time while exercising. All of this at once had me visit multiple doctors including a specialist for the joint stuff. Both my primary doctor and the joint specialist had to explain to me that the popping was normal and harmless, there was no damage to my joints. The migraines came and went over the next 2 years and we couldn't figure it out. I thought it could be a hormonal thing and had multiple tests run, everything came back fine. I eventually thought I had figured it out - the joint problems started after I began having Ramen a few times a month. (Good Ramen, not the cheap $1 grocery stuff) And I got headaches a few times after having other foods with MSG. I saw a specialist who agreed with one of my theories that it could be an allergy to MSG and excitotoxicity was causing the headaches. She told me to avoid those things and put a note in my medical record of food allergies. Everything was good for a few months and I was eating clean, but the headaches came back mysteriously and left again a month or so later. As for the joints, they still sometimes pop and I can get crackling when I roll my neck, but otherwise it's been harmless as the two doctors told me and other times there are no problems at all.

I eventually figured out the cause of the migranes earlier this year by accident, after many doctors visits and previously ruling it out as a possibility. I had started drinking coffee multiple times a week around 30 after previously only occasionally having caffeine via soda with food. It wasn't until other situations involving caffeine resulted in me figuring out it was the cause all along. In other words, the problem was my own doing and not related to age.

I quit coffee in February and haven't had headaches since then. I still have soda / caffeine on weekends but since it's not on a regular basis I feel fine. The only con is that by the end of the week with no caffeine I have dark circles under my my eyes and look really tired, even though I feel fine. The first couple weeks coming off it were really hard, but after then I've felt great. And I can have Ramen again without worrying about getting headaches from it. There's actually a connection there, since the high amount of sodium spikes my blood pressure which was making caffeine withdrawal symptoms happen faster. Now I'm back being able to enjoy any foods I want to on occasion, without worrying.
 
Thanks both.

I turn 30 in a few days and it seems to be that turning point into an official adult. From the outside most people will say I am in a great position for 30, and I am grateful for the position I am in. However, there are a few things that I have no accomplished which make me feel quite down.

Career wise, I am in a decent position salary wise even though my jobs over the past few years have not been stable. My main concern is that I have not developed myself in areas of confidence and productivity to a level I want to be at. I have always been the youngest in my team wherever I've been but using youth as an excuse goes out of the window when you reach 30 I feel. Mentally, I have not been at my best at all over the past 4-5 years and have just been coasting along, doing the bare minimum, as much a possible. Back when I started my career I had so much enthusiasm and use to work extra hours to get things done. Now, I just look forward to the weekend and an early retirement.

My wife and I put together a to-do list for the year broken down in quarters. I wanted to lose weight before I was 30 but ended up putting on a lot. When I wake up my foot feels stiff, I am getting more and more headaches and my energy is at a all time low. I know a lot of this is probably down to my diet, health and poor ability to sleep. I am hoping being 30 changes my mindset and at the very least gets me into shape.
 
I turn 30 in 9 days, so we'll see if anything changes until then lol.

I've already had;

  • Spinal issues
  • Knee issues
  • Cancer

Yet, I'm VERY healthy (overweight, but that's due to my job, as my bloodwork, kidney function, EVERYTHING, is inline with a healthily-weighted individual), so I guess its a good tradeoff lol.
 
Truck_1_0_1_ said:
I turn 30 in 9 days, so we'll see if anything changes until then lol.

I've already had;

  • Spinal issues
  • Knee issues
  • Cancer
Yet, I'm VERY healthy (overweight, but that's due to my job, as my bloodwork, kidney function, EVERYTHING, is inline with a healthily-weighted individual), so I guess its a good tradeoff lol.
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Oh no, you had cancer? I hope you're better now.
 
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