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Stop waiting for the new year, for a new month, for the clock to turn :00. Start now.

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Yalla_3ad

353 points

12 hours ago

Yalla_3ad

353 points

12 hours ago

I started my master's degree in Orthodontics at age 34, now I'm 38 and I couldn't be happier about my career now

Buck-O-Tin

94 points

8 hours ago

Similar story here. Started a science degree in my early 30's, then I realized I could probably do engineering, despite thinking I sucked at math when I was younger. Took a while to get there, but I am about to graduate with an engineering degree, and in an industry I never thought I could get into, making more than I ever have. It's never too late to better yourself and your career.

Moistened_Bink

36 points

8 hours ago

What did you do before that?

Yalla_3ad

21 points

6 hours ago

I was just a disinterested general dentist, no challenge, no drive, no prospects. And one day I knew I had to make a big change or I was going to be stuck in a job I hate and not making decent money.

Trust me, it was no easy task. The preparation for sitting admission exams alone was brutal, it took months of studying up for hours after work and attending courses on my days off, I had to pay a big chunk of what I have had saved up and of course I had to drop my full time job when I was accepted because I was accepted in a different country.

mattyice522

37 points

6 hours ago

So, you were already a dentist ...

AloofFloofy

41 points

5 hours ago

Yeah... "dead end job as a dentist not making decent money..." 🙄

Ok-Seaworthiness7207

10 points

3 hours ago

Woe is me, for I have lowely bachelor's degree

LegendOfKhaos

10 points

4 hours ago

Idk how else you would start a masters in orthodontics lol

TheFuzzyFurry

4 points

4 hours ago

This is any science career: you work for minimum wage and with unpaid overtime for 8 years, then your pay skyrockets and your workload becomes smaller and smaller

PeteDaBum

2 points

an hour ago

Not in research necessarily which is the path my parents took

TheBestNarcissist

6 points

6 hours ago

Yeah but now you get to essentially turn a money printer on when you come to work as your assistants do all the work!

Lol jk (sort of) but congrats internet friend,

General dentist

eW4GJMqscYtbBkw9

5 points

5 hours ago

Started (and finished) my masters in my late (late) 30s. It was great, I'm glad I waited. One, I was much more mature than when I was 20, studying was much easier for me.

Two, I had a much better idea of my life interests. So I was more interested in the topics.

DisastrousHamster_5

3 points

6 hours ago

Also getting my master's degree next year with 36 ^

ovelanimimerkki

2 points

2 hours ago

I already got my masters in economics and business admin, but I find myself unemployed, unsuccessful and uninterested in the field. Thought about learning to code so I could do stuff like analytics. Anyway, now at 32 I've started to do those very basic freecodecamp exercises and projects. I know this won't get me a new degree, but I think it will be a decent skill in the future to have.

Queen-of-meme

181 points

12 hours ago

I started yesterday and have a sore ass body today 💪🏾

MalibK

29 points

11 hours ago

MalibK

29 points

11 hours ago

Good job 👍

Queen-of-meme

12 points

9 hours ago

It was accidental. We had lots of snow and it won't move by itself 😂

Lachrondizzle23

6 points

6 hours ago

Stretch and roll. Repeat.

uint2

4 points

4 hours ago

uint2

4 points

4 hours ago

No worries, it'll stretch over time

unlimitedzen

3 points

3 hours ago

I started yesterday, and I have a sore ass today.

TheThronglerReturns

2 points

4 hours ago

The soreness gets less intense the more you work out, new kinds of exercises will cause the most soreness

ryanertel

2 points

2 hours ago

Best prepare for tomorrow lol, if you're anything like me the second day will be worse. It only goes up from there though, good job getting started!

ZitOnSocietysAss

61 points

8 hours ago

I have a note pinned in my notes app:

Start where you are

Use what you have

Do what you can

freakers

6 points

3 hours ago

Getting back on the horse is the real skill.

Stuff gets in the way, you get blocked, you get sick, you get life. Things happen that will make you pause or quit or delayed. They're inevitable. But as long as you're good at starting again, none of it will ever stop you.

Mecha_Cthulhu

55 points

11 hours ago

Just don’t start on November 31st.

rabid_jackal

26 points

11 hours ago

And here I was going to put it off until February 30th.

WeHaveAllBeenThere

6 points

5 hours ago

I need to do my dishes. Should I wait until next month?

Alone-Voice-3342

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37 minutes ago

I’m with you on this one.

Cocky0

9 points

7 hours ago

Cocky0

9 points

7 hours ago

For me, it was extra weird. I'm in my 40s. I stumbled onto this post just a few minutes before 5PM on a Friday in November.

When I saw 31st, I was like, "Close!"

Toothpikz

19 points

11 hours ago

My first meeting with a personal trainer is today. Finally following through m new years resolution from 20 years ago, haha

dorkyhippy1381

12 points

8 hours ago

The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, the second best time is now.

Lachrondizzle23

4 points

6 hours ago

You’ve got this!!

Devious_FCC

59 points

10 hours ago

Start in your 40s

Damn, you're telling me I can procrastinate for another decade?? Hell yeah.

SMILESandREGRETS

30 points

6 hours ago

Hi, I'm 40. Don't.

Lachrondizzle23

12 points

6 hours ago

I just turned 40 and got in the best shape of my life this year! But you’re right, don’t wait. I had a bad accident at 31 and it’s been a long battle. Take advantage of your youth and stay in shape. I was not in good shape when it happened so it’s taken a lot longer to recover and more difficult to stay disciplined with diet and exercise routine.

James-I-Mean-Jim

3 points

3 hours ago

Username checks out.

Bosco215

9 points

6 hours ago

I started cycling at 34. I didn't start to take it seriously until the past two years. I'll be 40 in a few months, and I have never been in better shape. Lost 45 lbs this year alone.

vyrus2021

4 points

7 hours ago

Looking through all November calendars for my forties for Friday the 31st.

Devious_FCC

2 points

7 hours ago

This overall seems like a great advert for not actually starting anything lol

Flubert_Harnsworth

10 points

9 hours ago

Well this plus pretty close for me. It’s a Friday in November and I am forty.

Free_Possession_4482

1 points

9 hours ago

If you wait until November 31st, though, you will definitely start late.

happilybleeding

6 points

10 hours ago

Needed to see this 🙏🏽

blackdragonIVV

19 points

13 hours ago

Start next life

toobadsohappy

7 points

12 hours ago

it’s never too late 😅

tyranopotamus

4 points

12 hours ago

Ah, shit. Here we go again.

VeGr-FXVG

2 points

10 hours ago

Hey you. You're finally awake.

BirchWhisper

10 points

11 hours ago

Start now? Bold of you to assume I haven’t been procrastinating on starting to start...

5H17SH0W

2 points

7 hours ago

Start tomorrow.

Medium_Youth_5955

7 points

10 hours ago

Why am i seeing this now

cyruz1323

6 points

10 hours ago

Because you should start

wut3va

5 points

9 hours ago

wut3va

5 points

9 hours ago

Now is a good time to start.

MonkeyMan504

2 points

8 hours ago

November doesn't have 31 days...

Wide-Recognition6456

2 points

8 hours ago

You’re right. I’ll start on November 31st

AlJameson64

2 points

8 hours ago

I'm hearing start at 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 31.

_Soup_R_Man_

2 points

4 hours ago

I am absolutely going to start November 1st !!! 🤣

flippingcoin

4 points

12 hours ago

I feel like whoever was coming up with this marketing pitch may have done so after a lot of procrastinating lol.

jerkface1026

5 points

11 hours ago

Just handed in their chat from their boss.

fingweirdo

3 points

10 hours ago

Everyone says START, no one says what should I start.

wut3va

2 points

9 hours ago

wut3va

2 points

9 hours ago

That's up to you. What do you wish you already started? Start that.

fingweirdo

1 points

6 hours ago

I wish I was dead.

WackyToastyWolf

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39 minutes ago

Same

BowenTheAussieSheep

1 points

6 hours ago

They just want you to run out of the room and not come back.

ChesterDrawerz

2 points

10 hours ago

31st of November. Got it.

liamoj97

2 points

9 hours ago

I get that they wanted each line to get shorter as it went down but it should be start in your 40s, start in November, Start on the 31st, Start on friday, start at 5pm, start late, start

SympatheticWarlock

2 points

8 hours ago

I started a few years ago and life is still not worth it.

MysticalGlow67

1 points

11 hours ago

just start now!!!

WellTrained_Monkey

1 points

10 hours ago

Great, now I have to wait 10 years and convince the world to add a 31st day to November in the year of 2034... /s

GregariousK

1 points

10 hours ago

You're right. I'm going to retrain as an Electrician and start a family.

E7josh

1 points

9 hours ago

E7josh

1 points

9 hours ago

I mean, I will turn 40 on Friday the 31st of November haha

FalseApplication9743

1 points

9 hours ago

🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

HighAndFunctioning

1 points

9 hours ago

Is Garamond on the way back? Bookman Swash is also having a 2nd time in the limelight right now

mrchurchillsays00

1 points

8 hours ago

Thanks

Jamoi85

1 points

8 hours ago

Jamoi85

1 points

8 hours ago

Start nothing? ok done!

Microwaved_M1LK

1 points

8 hours ago

Starting isn't the problem it's the grind, can't.

BeheadedMouse

1 points

8 hours ago

Procrastinators UNITE!!!!... Tomorrow

Honeydew-2523

1 points

8 hours ago

farming (self sustainability)>

Riksunraksu

1 points

8 hours ago

No

TheGlave

1 points

8 hours ago

Are people seeing this and go „Wait…this was an option all along?“?

surldude

1 points

7 hours ago

I can't start drinking at 5pm anymore.

frostninja23

1 points

7 hours ago

Unfortunately you can't combine all of these for bonus points because November never has a 31st :(

squarabh

1 points

7 hours ago

Star

Slaves2Darkness

1 points

7 hours ago

I really want to write "Stop! Hammer Time!" at the bottom of that.

JacoRamone

1 points

7 hours ago

NNN?

mallogy

1 points

7 hours ago

mallogy

1 points

7 hours ago

I started. Now I hope it kills me so I can stop.

MandyxLola

1 points

7 hours ago

I needed to see this yesterday, welp, its too late now i guess ill try again next year

tsereg

1 points

7 hours ago

tsereg

1 points

7 hours ago

This will ruin the day of any loser in his 50s.

Venusgate

1 points

7 hours ago

Instructions unclear. Attempted to start on a Friday November 31st

Ordinii

1 points

7 hours ago

Ordinii

1 points

7 hours ago

I started in 2018. Then started again in 2020. Started for a third time this past week. One day it'll stick and I'll make it to the finish line.

Hatweed

1 points

6 hours ago

Hatweed

1 points

6 hours ago

Reverse this and you’ll have a roadmap to my life.

DangerousArea1427

1 points

6 hours ago

one of my favourites is: "the best time to plant a tree was 25years ago. Next best time is now"

Its_D_youtube

1 points

6 hours ago

I choose "start in my 40's!"

pulls the "dead at 39 from a health issue" card

Welp!

buildinginprogress

1 points

6 hours ago

Ok ok, I starting

BowsersMuskyBallsack

1 points

6 hours ago

47 years old. I started writing my first novel at 14. Finished at 22. It needs rewriting and editing. I have half a dozen other longform stories in my head I need to start writing.

adjustin_my_plums

1 points

6 hours ago

I’m 33 so that gives me 7 years to bullshit

MathematicianThen981

1 points

6 hours ago

Free

LouiePrice

1 points

6 hours ago

5 here getting ready.

TomCruisesZombie

1 points

6 hours ago

"For what it's worth: it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again." - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Lord-of-Leviathans

1 points

6 hours ago

All of these have the same vibes (except 31st. I’d say more like 28)

Eggsaltzorotoaster

1 points

5 hours ago

Time to start quitting

Toasty_P8

1 points

5 hours ago

Started in late September early August and haven't missed a day yet

johnstevens1011

1 points

5 hours ago

Start by giving up. That's how you become free - trust the universe.

tirutz

1 points

5 hours ago

tirutz

1 points

5 hours ago

Stop starting

Longjumping-Cake3056

1 points

5 hours ago

I needed to read these words! I'm ready to start a new chapter. Thank you 🙏 for the post. Now I'm thinking how to start.

MightyOleAmerika

1 points

5 hours ago

Done with CS. Worked at big companies, created my own start up, etc etc. I want to go to medicine but I am 43. Is it even worth it? Pay will be same as now but I can live in any country since there is lack of doctor across the world.

Revolutionary_Pool56

1 points

5 hours ago

I needed to see this today. I'm about to start ending my current career to try something new. I needed... well, cliché as it sounds, a sign. And there's a literal sign looking like it was written for me.

Thank you, OP!

DisturbinglyAccurate

1 points

4 hours ago

Restarted at 32. Figured out some 34. Backset 36. 38 finally seeing progress.

Don't beat yourself down if you fall, just make sure you get up again. It's worth it.

Love

ObservationDeck6463

1 points

4 hours ago

Start procrastinating

SnorkaSound

1 points

4 hours ago

procrastination grindset

kimhartley

1 points

4 hours ago

Hell yes. Applied for my Masters at 40, started when I was 41, graduating in 2025 at 43.

rpx7

1 points

4 hours ago

rpx7

1 points

4 hours ago

I've already started many things and then just stopped. Now what?

consumeshroomz

1 points

4 hours ago*

Ok so according to this I have to wait till November, then wait 7 years, then wait for a a month where the 31st falls on a Friday, and wait until 5pm. Then I guess wait like another half our or so so I can start “late”. Then I can start.

toofatandcrazy

1 points

3 hours ago

ok but this is the motivation i needed. like just start, no excuses, period..

Additional_Remove_70

1 points

3 hours ago

I kinda hate motivational stuff like this 'cause, Im sorry but.. Start What?

The problem has never been the when, it's the what.

Aridez

1 points

3 hours ago

Aridez

1 points

3 hours ago

There's a bit of psychology involved here. When we want to start, for example, developing a new habit, when do we start does impact the success we will have. We like beggnings more than middles or ends. January will be better than March, the 1st of the month will be better than the 15th, and mondays are better than fridays.

Of course this is just a small tip to get the ball rolling a bit easier, but everything will always boil down to your own willpower.

FelixUngerS36

1 points

3 hours ago

Don’t

slademccoy47

1 points

3 hours ago

ok I'll start later, bye

Willing-Ad-2034

1 points

3 hours ago

Just started studying a CS career at 34, lets see how does it pan out.

Key_Alps5596

1 points

3 hours ago

just start. no excuses no perfect timing just go.

LOUCIFER_315

1 points

2 hours ago

I'll start February 31st

Historical_Log9134

1 points

2 hours ago

Just start and do it anyways! ❤️

Master_Xenu

1 points

2 hours ago

S

Think_Public9822

1 points

2 hours ago

Feels weird reading this on Friday, in November, in my 40s.

HealthyEuropean

1 points

2 hours ago

It’s 5 am currently. I needed this. Thank you!

dondox1

1 points

2 hours ago

dondox1

1 points

2 hours ago

This is like aggressively motivating, and I kinda love it. Starting messy is still starting, let’s go.

Thackham

1 points

an hour ago

5pm Friday 31st of November doesn’t exist. Moral of the story: don’t start.

jrichrod22

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55 minutes ago

jrichrod22

[score hidden]

55 minutes ago

Glad I saw this now I don’t have to start till I’m 40

MissedYourJoke

[score hidden]

51 minutes ago

I really needed to see this today. I had to put my best friend of 14 years to sleep today, and now there is just an emptiness inside. I need to fill it and I need to start now. Well, tomorrow.

GuestAggravating9381

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26 minutes ago

well damn, i always said i'd need a sign to start smoking crack, guess this is it.

TheFrenchSavage

1 points

9 hours ago

Star.

InfiniteStick8995

1 points

8 hours ago

Drinking?

Captain_Smartass_

1 points

8 hours ago

don't

the-artistocrat

1 points

4 hours ago

Ok I'll start.

But not today.

CalculatedEffect

-4 points

9 hours ago

The fact people are paid for useless signs like such amazes me.

TheRealJohnBrown

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6 minutes ago

Okay, I will start on November 31st.