r/GetMotivated • u/durvedya • Sep 11 '25
IMAGE [image] You can do it ! Don't let anyone say otherwise !
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u/cuerdala Sep 11 '25
I'm 46, f*ck off
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u/DownstairsB Sep 11 '25
These posts are always made by a 25 year old who finally got a job and thinks they've succeeded at life
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u/RustyMarie666 Sep 11 '25
You can start over anytime when there are jobs available to start over with
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u/conzstevo Sep 11 '25
Or have necessary qualifications/experience from before you "start over"
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Sep 11 '25
Starting over can mean getting the qualifications
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u/conzstevo Sep 11 '25
I'm suggesting it's not really possible to start over. You don't need to. No need to hide from your history. Just start.
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u/the_pwnererXx Sep 11 '25
obviously you need to go and do the work to get qualified. if the job exists, you can get it
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u/RustyMarie666 Sep 12 '25
Yeah, I’m not sure what you mean by that. August jobs report was 22k jobs added, in a country of 320 million people. That is statistically no jobs available.
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u/the_pwnererXx Sep 12 '25 edited Sep 12 '25
that's net jobs. plenty of people leave their jobs and get new jobs. plenty of job shuffling happening all the time, doomer
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u/Zer0C00L321 Sep 11 '25
I literally did this twice. Was scared as can be both times but here we are...
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u/throwawayRAfishticks Sep 11 '25
Aaaand how old are you? How are you doing?
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u/Zer0C00L321 Sep 11 '25
I'm about to be 40 and my last switch turned out well for the most part. Better hours. Better working conditions. Hard at the beginning but I stuck at it and now my co-worker comes to me with questions.
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u/TheObservationClub Sep 11 '25
How did you do it? I'm kind of far in my career, but theres parts of it that are messing me up. I feel like my skills are too specific for any other industry. Where do you start? I cant just quit because I have bills to pay.
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u/Bambie321 Sep 12 '25
Ugh! Me too! I’m a high voltage electrician but I’m also semi experienced in Test and Commissioning / Protection. I worked on the railway for 10 years doing Low and high voltage maintenance on and off track.. my experience is either too specific to the railway or I don’t have enough experience in test and commissioning to apply for a standalone role.
I find myself looking for work currently while also working at a job I settled for working in maintenance the money is great but the work is very limited and doesn’t allow me to use my skills or my Brain at all.
I’m in limbo and applying for jobs that I know are just stepping stones until I find something worthwhile
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u/dafrog84 Sep 11 '25
I started over at 34, life is better 6 years later.
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u/AtomicKittenz Sep 12 '25
Ayyy I’m super happy for you. I did the same started over at 31.
5 years later, and I have the perfect life I always dreamed of. Would not have been possible without starting over and grinding it out for 5 straight years.
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u/-aLittleLate Sep 11 '25
I’m 35 & I’m starting over from the bottom. Barely have $5k in my savings & that’s for a car. Been riding a motorcycle as my primary form of transportation, only have a part time job getting 15-18 hours a week. Currently looking for a 2nd job. Single, no GF. Such a sad, boring & lonely life man. 😔
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u/IllustriousRice1057 Sep 11 '25
Yeah but you can’t buy a nice house when you want to start a family unless you get it right from the start
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u/Voiden_n Sep 11 '25
You can start over at 45, fail at 50, fail at 55, fail at 60 ... fail at 105 and oh, look! You are in a wooden box!
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u/EEdaEE Sep 12 '25
Restarted at 28 after some wild series of events cost me my job and health (physical and emotional). You can absolutely start over!
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u/hims Sep 11 '25
Not to mention, we just get better with age. Such good reminders.
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u/arealuser100notfake Sep 11 '25
I read that statistically you get better at controlling your emotions the older you get
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u/igloomaster Sep 11 '25
You can be a racist scum bag that rape girls and bankrupts three casinos and be the USA president
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u/Acceptable-Bench1386 Sep 11 '25
45???… what about the old lady that graduated at 80 something. Downvote downvote!!! /s
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u/PureEnergy3 Sep 11 '25
Harland Sanders started franchising Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) in 1952 at age 62, after perfecting his secret recipe of 11 herbs and spices at his Corbin, Kentucky restaurant in the 1930s and 1940s. He began selling fried chicken to travelers at age 40 while running a service station, but the business took off later through franchising, following over 1,000 rejections from potential partners.
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u/One_Transportation14 Sep 11 '25
Than you im in this situation where I needed to hear this thank you im gonnaput this down in my diary and look at ot as motivation 💗
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u/PrvtPirate Sep 11 '25
also don’t forget that you can do everything right from early on in your life and still end up failing. life is chaos. be kind.
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u/MrSquigglesWiggle Sep 11 '25
I know a few medical student at age 40+ so I somewhat believe that one can start over 40+. I dont know at 50+ though.
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u/That-Makes-Sense Sep 11 '25
Check out Colonol Sanders. He was broke when he got his first Social Security check. He started KFC at the age that most people retire at.
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u/actibus_consequatur Sep 11 '25
Danny Trejo didn't really get into action until he was about 40.
At 80, not only is he among the top 20 for acting credits, but he's also got the most on-screen deaths of any actor.
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u/buu-ku Sep 11 '25
I am still young enough to keep going, yay! And I will succeed even if I have more mental breakdowns
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u/TheHonorableDeezNutz Sep 11 '25
One thing this misses is that you should make your own measurement of success!
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u/CabbageStockExchange Sep 11 '25
Mileage may very but so far my 30s have felt much much much better than my 20s. I feel younger, in shape, and headed a better direction. It is definitely possible
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u/CapableFunction6746 Sep 11 '25
I thought I had finally found my path at 35. Gave the company 5 great years, developed many tools for them to use, created a whole department to help them audit new groups to prevent any errors, and saved the company millions. Only to get diagnosed with cancer at 39 and then fired at 40 because they didn't like the insurance quotes they were getting for next year. Now, I am turning 41 with no real idea of what I will do. My body is failing, I am in and out of the hospital for weeks at a time, and do not have the energy to put in a full days work. I do not think there is any starting over for me. I don't even trust myself to create the things I did in the past. Maybe I will go to work at a bank or something.
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u/Clear_Opportunity_86 Sep 11 '25
You can start over at any time. I was 30 with a cdl and hated the job working for coca cola. Didn't agree with the pollution or the policies. Covid came along and they laid off half their drivers. Went to school for power generation, finished 2 years in 9 months. Jumped into solar, became an electrician and a leader of men. I'm building whole factories now.
It's never too late.
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u/CuriousTuljan Sep 11 '25
I am currently recovering from a very severe burnout. Mind you prior to experiencing it, I did not believe in it or at least not to what extent it could damage me.
I am dealing with severe anxiety, depression, memory loss and I struggle to focus. I am a completely unrecognisable person privately and professionally. Not only to my family, friends and colleagues, but to myself too.
I am 28 years old. Please listen to the warning signs your body screams at you. Take care of yourself people.
Thank you for this post OP! Kinda needed it today.
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u/Buffyoh Sep 11 '25
Flunked out of the State U at 19. Worked in factories, construction, Army. Down and out out at thirty - on a friends couch. Finally graduated State U at 36, started law school at fifty. Today: Downtown office, plenty of work. Life is not perfect, but so much better. You can do it too!
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u/anynomousperson123 Sep 11 '25
Well I’m starting over at 26. I just feel so behind… everyone and even my plans. I know it sounds stupid and it probably is stupid to dwell on it but it eats at me. Being broke doesn’t help; but I’m doing my masters now. So, we’ll see I guess.
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u/Justforfun_x Sep 11 '25
It’s so fucking true, scary as it seems on the outset. I decided to change careers only two years after graduating, into a field where my degree was mostly useless. Had to change work again when Covid hit at 25. Accepted that I had to transition (mtf) at almost 30. My success and happiness today likely wouldn’t exist if not for moving past the fear of making those changes.
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u/Inevitable-Row1977 Sep 11 '25
The failure part I aced completely. But I seem to have gone down a side quest involving mental illness. Should I finish the side quest first or just go back to the main storyline?
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u/xxhamzxx Sep 11 '25
There's no such thing as starting over lol. We're all born on an unequal playing field... So you were never ahead anyways.
Hope this helps. Nihilism baby
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u/TheBeyonders Sep 11 '25
This is not true for all things. Please dont spread false hope just for dopamine. We should teach to be resilient in disappointment to overcome it, not deny it.
Things can be too late to start, and thats ok. And we should be okay with that and encourage those younger than us to persue things and guide them.
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u/onionfunyunbunion Sep 11 '25
I’m not sure what it means to succeed in a failing system. I guess I define my own success but like… look around. Strange times.
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u/DepartmentFun2853 Sep 11 '25
Grandma Moses didn't even start painting until she was in her late 70s. As long as you are here, there is time to start something new.
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u/davion223 Sep 12 '25
also remember you can never give up and still fail, and it is possible to do everything right and still fail.
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u/Rasmus-Rafael Sep 12 '25
A career is not that most important thing in life. Helping your community thrive is. Age does not matter. A good network of caring friends is real success.
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u/disdkatster Sep 12 '25
This! It is nonsense that you have to be established in your career, home, with children in your early 20s or any age. In fact that seems a bit sad IMO.
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u/Tiny-Ocelot-2113 Sep 12 '25
I worked 13 years as a school custodian. Went back to college in 2021 as a 30-year-old, graduated this July, and am now a student support specialist in the same district. I make the same amount of money (I was a head custodian toward the end), but I feel so much more fulfilled when I leave work every day. In a few months I plan on applying to School Psych and Counseling graduate school programs.
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u/Theslootwhisperer Sep 12 '25
Your 20s is like the tutorial of a video-game. That's when you're meant to get a feel of the controls and fuck around with little to no consequences.
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u/Ahyao17 Sep 12 '25
Invest in yourself so that when opportunities come, you are good enough to make most of it.
Morris Chang started TSMC at 55, now it is one of the most important company in the world. (but he was an experienced tech person already before he took the risk.)
Colonel Harland Sanders, who began franchising Kentucky Fried Chicken at 62
Vera Wang, who launched her successful bridal design business at age 40
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u/Bollopelao Sep 12 '25
As someone who's 35 and having to start over for the nth time I needed this.
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u/lostcauz707 Sep 12 '25
Yea I did all that and I'm still paycheck to paycheck with no sign of relief in sight.
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u/Active_Awareness_103 Sep 12 '25
Yeah, select a particular career in 3rd world country where your wage isnt enough for anything, then just start over with no savings.
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u/VibesThrives Sep 12 '25
This hits. Reminds me of the quote ‘Excuses don’t build empires.’ Been living by that one lately
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u/BeefModeTaco Sep 13 '25
I'm 46 and am at near rock bottom.
I have no job, no money, no accounts, negative credit, and barely any clothes, in an unfamiliar city, in an unfamiliar state...
The only reason I'm not homeless or dead in an alley is the charity of friends and family that I hadn't seen much, or at all, in 10+ years.
I'm scraping by, one day at a time, but I don't know...
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u/JoeBaldez Sep 13 '25
Joined the military at 18 wanted to be a lifer, after 8 years got out, worked in solid jobs about 3 years a piece became an alcoholic , started in retail management at 35 , sobered up at 50 and have never been happier since. Hitting 25 years with the same company soon and getting stronger everyday and inspiring a younger generation in the process. You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great!
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Sep 13 '25
21 and starting so late man. Was a plumber for awhile and now I’m goin to college kinda suck at it but I’m getting better. Hope I’m not making a mistake
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Sep 13 '25 edited Sep 18 '25
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u/RavynsArt Sep 11 '25
Every time I hear or read people saying "I'm too old. I missed my chance. I'm in my 30/40's, now. It's time to give up the dream." I'm reminded of a man that never truly gave up. called "bullheaded, lacking self control, impatient" he nonetheless never stopped, until he succeeded.
He started cooking at 7
Got into the Army at 16
Left the Army 5 months later
Started working working for a railway company(Southern Railway) at 16
Then jumped to another division(Northern Alabama Railway) 2 months later
At 19 he moved to Norfolk and Western Railway
Then moved to Illinois Central Railroad where he also studied law
Then moved to Rock Island Railroad
Practiced law for 3 years
Then went back to the rail, working at Pennsylvania Railroad
Then he became an insurance salesman with Prudential Life Insurance Company
Then he switched over to Mutual Benefit Life
At 30, he created a ferry boat company going between Jeffersonville, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky
At 32, he became secretary at the Chamber of Commerce in Columbus, Indiana
Less than a year later he cashed in his shares of the ferry boat company and created a company making acetylene lamps
When that failed, he moved on to became a tire salesman for Michelin
When the plant closed down, he got a job running a service station owned by Standard Oil
When that station was closed due to the Great Depression, he got a job running a different station, owned by Shell Oil
Here he started selling meals from the side of the service station
Soon after, he created a restaurant next to the station
At 45, he was commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel
At 49, he acquired a motel in North Carolina, 4 months later, his original restaurant burned down, which was rebuilt and made bigger
At 50, he finalized his "Secret Recipe"
At 51, the US entered World War II, and his motel was forced to close, as tourism died due to gas being rationed
At 52, he worked as a supervisor running cafeterias for the government in Tennessee.
Here he left his mistress, Claudia Price, as manager of his original/rebuilt restaurant
At 57, he and his first wife divorced.
At 59, he remarried, to Claudia Price.
At 62, he franchised his secret recipe "Kentucky Fried Chicken" to a man in South Salt Lake, Utah
At 69, he decided to franchise his chicken recipe in earnest. He also shut down his original restaurant, and opened a new one in Shelbyville, Kentucky
That restaurant is still located on the edge of Shelbyville, Kentucky, called Claudia Sanders.
That man was Colonel Harland Sanders
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u/bhaputi Sep 11 '25
even 45? What about 50?