This side of 30 in the Noughties

i know some TIREDS personally. most of them are well into their forties even fifties in some cases. and in most cases they are either divorced or simply havnt married and therefore have no families to feed or no futures to look after.

they live a life of selfish ease which sometimes looks appealing from a distance but for most of us is simply not possible.

most of the times people define themselves thru other ppl`s opinions or expectations of them. that`s why even those who are able to simplify life into living simply, sometimes cannot get out of the rut bcoz they are expected to carry on.

to be a TIRED to me is then a luxury more than anything else, where a person does not live under the weight of expectation and responsibility and is free to be and live as he pleases.

hmmm... does one have to have actually gone throu the highly-stressful-but-lucrative occupation routine to come to the realization that it ain`t worth it, even with all the `opportunity` in the world?

The Tired types, such as exist, are simply the more independent-minded ones nowadays. It`s easier in this age of mindless consumption and every increasing environment destruction (not to mentioned cost-of-living) that the life most live are akin to chasing rainbow ends. Or worse, playing to a script the author of which they are not even aware...just a precognitive stirring that it`s not ``me``. Many of the `less fortunates` have been under no such illusions to begin with, and ``choose`` lives that, perhaps not punctuated with the highs of skydiving and bungee jumping, certainly a lot more deeply meaningful and satisfying than those aspiring to three garages and/or a veep seat.

though all that i used to worhip ive burnt but i would like to worship again what ive burnt...........the material in the article smells some thing burning...... and i would be delighted to meet such individuals ......though i m in my early forties

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Too bad the article ended just as it was picking up tempo. Perhaps it`s a metaphor for your tired life? For you to be tired, you must be a very accomplished person at 30. You could reinvent your age as well, your 31st birthday becoming, for example, the first anniversary of your 30th birthday and on and on.
There is a different kind of 30 somethings who move back in with their parents, sign up for college courses or go to massage school or whatever. The kind you describe appear to suffer from what used to be called burn-out. I have known a few very smart people who went thru very demanding schools, harvard, stanford & caltech, and had had enough of it to want to continue once thry got out. It`s as if they are declaring i-have-done-my-thing-let-me-now-curl-up-and-go-to-sleep. But, a vast majority of the type-A people can keep going and going until they have their first or second heart attack which may not be until they`re in their sixties.

parneet,

......... loved your narration ............ i wish i had had the courage to declare myslef to be a ``Tired`` at thirty, or even forty .............. now i am simply tired and dreaming of being retired .............. and as great as the concept sounds, i known very few rats who have actually opted out of the race voluntarily - the ones i do know got there via aa meetings, broken marriages, nervous breakdowns, more aa meetings, bankruptcies and corporate genocide ..............but it is not a bad idea taking a break at thirty, going down to mexico, and living a beach bum`s life and coming back when you run out of money ............. i knew some guys who did it and even though they are back in the rut, they are better off for having lived a dream for a while ............

they live right among us....

some call them not ambitious enough
Others call them they lack drive they are below average they brink on the stereotype defination of not successfull and failures...

yet they exist....some of them afraid...to align themselves with this new ``tired`` and seeking harmoney rather then ultra-cutthroat competitive drive....
Reasons ...Pressures....all sort of...


....the only disagreement I have with the author is...the age...

its not thirty plus.....

its way above them...... maybe 40 onward..

You seem to define this new category of individuals that seems more of a figment of your imagination than a part of reality........

The thing with ``Tireds`` is that they are too damn lazy to respond to an article that in some cases misrepresents them even....

The desi progs I know chose/choose non corporate careers/jobs is because they want to change our societies.

Who are these ``Tireds`` and where do they live? I`d like to meet one of them.