1. Family and friends - I guess me being alive and the best they can have is good enough reason. I'd love for them to feel their lives are better knowing me. And for some I owe it to them to live a life (even if half worth lived)

2. There's so much in the world happening - something is always fun. Find it.

For me its FIFA, football, stock markets and most importantly my job. I guess when I am occupied with my hobbies I don't have time to be my sad self

3. I haven't lived or lived fully. I guess I want to give this a shot. Experience anything and everything.

Only 3 but it's a catch - all. I guess, even after going to a therapist for 1+year now I never needed reasons to live. There's plenty

System Engineer

Software Engineer

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Tell me 5 reasons to be alive now as a mid 20 guy? How do you all keeping up the excitement on all these reasons?

Tell me 5 reasons to be alive now as a mid 20 guy? How do you all keeping up the excitement on all these reasons?- Grapevine

I worked at an early stage startup with really toxic culture and left my job because of that, now it's been one month I just wake up eat and sleep and feel like doing nothing, Although I know at some point I have to resume back but when ever I sit back to document my work prepare my portfolio I just feel no motivation to do so, Is something wrong with me?? Has anyone faced something like this before? How did you come out of it?

Feel like doing nothing

Product Designer

30s is such a scary age, people around hype it as youth death. But I believe it has its own benefits and positives

What's that your life has given you?

[Thread] What good things happen after 30+ age

Can't understand if hairfall is because of stress or stress is because of hairfall

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Why is life boring? Eat sleep work repeat. Then die someday. How to live life wonderfully?

Product Manager

I just hit 30 and it feels... different. Not bad, just not what I expected. My 20s were a whirlwind of possibilities, but now I'm wondering if I'm supposed to have it all figured out.
How are your 30s different from your 20s? What changes - good or bad - caught you off guard?

How are your 30s different than your 20s?

This post just punched me in the gut. I remember waking up on my 30th birthday and just... staring at the ceiling. Wondering where the hell my 20s went. 
  
 You know what's weird? I miss the chaos sometimes. The shitty apartments, sasti daaru, the all-nighters with friends, thinking we could conquer the world. Now I'm here, with a decent job and a place of my own, and some days I feel more lost than ever. 
  
 The other day I caught myself getting excited about buying a new vacuum. A vacuum! 25-year-old me would've laughed his ass off. 
  
 But it's not all bad. I actually like myself more now. I don't take as much crap from people. I know what I want in a relationship. Still, there are nights I lie awake wondering if I'm doing this whole "adult" thing right. 
  
 I guess what caught me off guard the most is realizing my parents were just winging it too. We're all just trying to figure it out as we go :) 
  
 To anyone else feeling this: you're not alone. We're all a little scared, a little excited, and just hoping we're on the right track. Let's be kind to ourselves. Maybe that's what our 30s are really about - let’s fucking go!

Investor

^That’s my parents’ new favorite question, like I can just slot it between investor meetings and product launches.

And yeah, they’re not wrong. By the time I’m ready, I’ll need to have found someone. You can’t just fast-forward to a relationship; it takes time, energy, and mental space — things I don’t have right now.

I get it. One day I’ll probably wonder why I didn’t start sooner. But right now, my focus is here: building this startup. It’s not a 9-5, it’s sleepless nights, constant pressure, and the highs and lows of creating something from scratch.

Then there’s this fear — that I’m screwing up my future by not looking for someone now. That I’ll wake up at 35, alone, asking myself what happened. But forcing a relationship just because it’s “time”? That’s how people end up miserable.

The truth is, most of us in our late 20s are in the same boat. Trying to build something meaningful while figuring out life. Some dive into relationships, others wait it out, and all of us hope we’re not making a mistake.

So when my parents ask again, I’ll keep saying, “not yet.” - idk where this will land me, but I don't really know better!

So… any plans for marriage?

I met a guy through one of those matrimony apps. He works as a consultant in one of the big 4s. Though all the aspects matched between us, he couldn't commit time to the relationship. Shattered, my quest to find the right one also ended because I genuinely didn't know what else to find in any other person. His overdemanding work schedule literally killed the probability of a happy future.  
 My 2 cents: only look for a life companion when you genuinely want to set aside some time to build the relationship just like the startup you're building. A relationship is just like a baby that needs time and care!

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Founder

People who don't have frnds/gf/bf, what you guys do on weekends and how do you spend time. I feel so bored during weekends . Suggest something.

Life feels boring

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Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

What is the best piece of advice you wanna give to people who are in their 20s?

Best piece of Advice for people in 20s

Software Developer

What are your thoughts when people say "Enjoy your 20's" ? do you agree?

To all the people who are in 30s, 40s and so on.

What advice/suggestions you would give to a person who is in his/her 20s or mid 20s in all aspect of life such as career, love, relationships, money, society at large etc.

To all the people who are in 30s, 40s and so on

Hey Grapeviners,

Hope you are enjoying your "Ravivar".

Was sitting and introspecting a lot of things.
One thing I came across that I am becoming more and more pessimistic in regards with career , food habits , society, and many more.

With so much uncertainty in jobs , recession , scams in exams not so much optimistic about exams.

So many food pundits giving their gyaan ke yeh mat khao , vo mat khao nahin to aisa ho jayega. Yeh khaane se heart attack rates badh rahe...

Society is just totally selfish. Still contemplating what happened in UP 😂😂.

What should I do to become optimistic. I can also not ignore these things as jo bhi hain I find some sort of truth in it..

Mobile dekhna band bhi nahin kar sakta as it will transport me to cave ages.

What do you guyz do to keep yourself "hopeful" and can say "the things which you look forward in future".

Opinion: Digital Age has made us pessimistic?

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Just trying to understand the purpose or the motive of the people on GV that keeps you going by pushing yourself. 
I'm sure we've all been through a phase where this feels pointless, but still we keep at it.

What keeps you going, in this race?

Is your inner fire still burning? still have that Josh ?

Senior Software Engineer

As mid 20s adults with a stable job, basic pleasures like a playstation or OTTs by your side, what do you look forward to in life ????

What do you look forward in life ??

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Being a 24 yr old, I feel like I accomplished nothing in my life.  Whatever I've tried to accomplish, I've failed to do so. I have no idea where my life's going.

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I’m 26 right now. Should I start looking for partners now or wait till around 30 once I’m financially stronger. Currently 22lpa - Mumbai

Marriage age for men

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Amazing advise

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Same as title. Have always seen advices for people in 20s. People in 30s also need guidance. 😐

Now, the answers to this question would depend if there are people in 40s on grapevine. 😬

People in 40s, what would you advise people in 30s?

Hey Folks. Here for some advice…

Context: I’m 37. MBA+Engg Grad working. Big Blr Startup. Good Role in Biz. Married (Started dating 12 years back & then got married). 

I’m an extrovert/fairly social (Mostly hang out/around other people/friends around a similar life stage - age/work). Most of my friends from School, Engg & B-School are all over the place (we meet once in a year types), no one in Bangalore. Hanging around with people at work is not something I like to do more than once in a month. My wife, on the other hand, has a good set of friends, with whom I hang out quite regularly (guys & girls). 

For a while now, I’ve been thinking of investing some time into making friends/building relationships outside of my social circle (Not that I’m looking to cheat on my wife, but then sometimes it’s good to hang out with people who aren’t your partner’s friends or are already part of your existing work/social circle). 

In short - I’d like to meet unconnected new people. And I’m realizing that at my age, it’s not so easy to do so without seeming creepy.

About a year back, I met an ex-colleague (28F) over drinks (She was in town and asked if we could meet) - Super attractive and smart. It has 12+ years since I’ve randomly met anyone from the opposite sex alone for a meal/conversation (outside of a work meeting). At first, it was super awkward - uncomfortable pauses, loss of words, asking dumb questions, etc. Luckily, in a bit, alcohol kicked in and then it got much better… We still text & meet if we’re in each other’s cities with some time to spare. That’s when it hit me that I was good at making small talk, but have no idea what to talk about when it’s someone who’s some 10+ years younger. Seems like another generation (which it probably is)… While I felt so, I must also admit, I had a great time to be honest - the conversations were energizing/different and to be honest, a tad exciting too. 

1/2

Advice on meeting new people at 35+

Corporate Strategist

If you ask me, the purpose of life has to be more than climbing a self-constructed ladder. 

Like, it has to be more than a 3BHK in a metro, with two kids, a car and a prestigious job at a faceless corporation, 2 weeks of vacation and a movie on the weekend.

Isn’t this weird that, we all continue to fool ourselves? 

When you know nothing matters the universe is yours, and I've never met a universe that was into it. The universe is an animal, it grazes on the ordinary. It creates infinite idiots just to eat them. 

You know? Smart people get a chance to climb on top and take reality for a ride but it'll never stop trying to throw you. And eventually it will, there's no other way off

- Rick, Rick and Morty.

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Remember when you were a kid and had a school trip the next day?    
    
 You sleep all excited, over preparing your bag, snacks, your pocket money and sleep fantasizing the day forward.   
    
 You wake up on the morning. You are excited as hell. Although it's no different than any other day but everything feels colorful. You can't wait to hop into your school bus and meet your friends who are just as excited as you.   
    
 I think what makes life is worth living are these experiences. When you sleep, you have something to look forward to. Someone to do, something to achieve, something you truly enjoy or be passionate about.   
    
 If you are just going through days fixated on the coming weekend or planned holiday. That is when things get a little messy.   
    
 I'm in that zone right now. I try to seek the satisfaction and happiness inside of me. So I don't depend on materialistic or emotional to feel lively. It must come from within and its damn hard to cultivate.   
    
 When I'll have that I'll be off from this corporate for good. .

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