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You'll need a nose hair trimmer. Avoid anything electric that's overpriced garbage breaking after three uses, get one of those manual rotary ones. There's also non-stabby small scissors but the rotary ones are much nicer to use.
Also if you aren't fit yet now is high time to get there. Primarily focus on mobility and with that strength in all those small muscles your (statistically presumably) fucked-up movement habits have atrophied. Start here.
Quit drinking if you haven't. The cost/benefit analysis on that one probably broke a few years ago and you just hadn't noticed.
Otherwise, meh, do your own thing.
Enjoy it. I'm so much more comfortable with myself in my forties than it was in, say, my twenties. I'm much happier being me.
Also - life isn't over. I've been surprised at the prevailing ageism that seems too suggest that there's no point taking up any new hobbies or learning anything because you're just too old now for there to be a point. This is nonsense. You've very likely got as many decades in front of you as behind you - maybe more.
Also: use sunscreen.
This might be the best Lemmy thread I've seen so far.
If you've not really saved for your future do it NOOOOOW like yesterday level now. Like 2 checks from now something must be being sat back. Even if its just a tiny bit. The time to start was many years ago. Don't wait even longer.
immediate asprin for heart attack. immediate amphetamine for serious head trauma.
Enjoy your newly calm emotional state.
If he's American that might not happen. Doctor bills start to eat into your savings fast.
Analyze your limitations. We all think we're Superman sometimes. We're not.
Taking care of yourself will pay off, literally if you are in the U.S. and subject to our horrible healthcare.
It's easy to lapse into a sedentary lifestyle -- don't do it. The couch is not your friend.
Our healthcare isn't horrible, it's actually quite good, if you can afford it. The problem with our system is that it fucks poor people, not that the health care itself is bad.
The point would have been better served without the the unnecessary and inaccurate slamming of America.
Hitting a round birthday gets harder every time it happens in my opinion. On the other hand I didn't mind hitting 42 too much. After all, it's the answer to life, the universe and everything. That should be something to look forward to at 40!
A lot of really tough grown up shit is coming. You're going to have to make hard decisions. You kind of have to work it out as best you can.
When putting away money for retirement, consider inflation-resistant investments. The past 3 years really fucked some of my friends who didn't heed that advice.
As a 50yo, what vare you talking about? I'm just trying to pay for food.
I’ve never even heard of those. Is that what they’re called or do you have to know specifically what to look for? Is it its own “category” I guess?
I believe they're talking about investments that share that chsracteristic. Generally Bonds and CDs would probably not be examples of good inflation resistant investments. in general, I believe index funds and I bonds are more resilient to inflation. Better still is maintaining diverse investment types. I'm open to corrections
Know that to everything, there’s nuance. Life exists in the grey area between the black and white of extremism. It’ll help you to not take things so seriously until you know they warrant being taken seriously.
All else is sensationalist bullshit.
Step up your mattress game.
get ready for your mid life crisis at 45. it's gonna be great. you're gonna be hip again for like five minutes but it's gonna be glorious and you will get laid a lot.
I just read Outlive by Peter Attia and it has sooo much good information about extending healthspan. I like how it references studies about why things are that way - which helps me change my habits when I know the WHY.
Have as much sex as you can right NOW!! Because by the time you are 43, its all over.
If you are in the US, cram every penny you can in an IRA or 401k if your employer offers it. You're gonna want to retire some day.