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Are Societal Expectations For Different Ages Still Valid? (Feeling like you're behind in life, age is just a number, owning your own home and getting marriage before turning 30, how times are different from previous generations & more) | Barbershop Talk

January 05, 2022 Mike Tran / Leo Chan Season 3 Episode 78
The AM Podcast - A Podcast for Asian American Men
Are Societal Expectations For Different Ages Still Valid? (Feeling like you're behind in life, age is just a number, owning your own home and getting marriage before turning 30, how times are different from previous generations & more) | Barbershop Talk
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Show Notes

Welcome back to The Asian Menswear Podcast! We're kicking off the new year with a Barbershop Episode on society's expectations on where you should be in life at different ages. For example, finish school at 22, a career job by 25, a house, and a family by 30. Yeah, those expectations. We explore whether these expectations are valid today and how someone should look at age. If you're feeling behind in life or if you've checked off all the boxes but still feel like it wasn't what you expected life to be, then this is the episode for you. 

In this episode, we discuss:

Timestamps:

2:00 - Mike feeling a certain way with being 30, but for Leo, it was different

2:34 - Leo talks about his girlfriend's experience turning 30

3:12 - Why is age such a big deal?

3:29 - Age is just a number 

4:00 - Others think we're younger than we are

6:00 - Past generations were completely different from today's

8:00 - Having to deal with the societal expectations of where one should be at in life 

8:55 - Times have changed a lot 

11:00 - Changing your perspective on age and time

12:00 - Expectations on marriage 

13:00 - Women are working more than ever with even more opportunities 

14:00 - Weddings are expensive expensive 

14:30 - In some parts of America, it's normal to see early marriages 

17:00 - Homes have gotten extremely expensive compared to previous generations

17:30 - Life is about the life experiences you have and the things you do within your time here 

19:00 - Randall Park was a Starbucks barista at 32 to support his acting career 

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