Career, family, real estate… Men and women in their thirties often find themselves torn between the ideals conveyed by society and their personal aspirations. Instructions that some struggle to cope with.
“When will you have a stable life and a real job?” “And when is marriage?” “What will you do in your life if you don’t want children?” On her Instagram account @latrentainetmtc (1), an anthology of quirky illustrations from this decade with over 214,000 followers, 33-year-old Julie * lists the various peer pressures she faces. Passing the fateful course, thirty-year-olds are forced to meet an endless list of demands dictated by their environment and society.
Among them: make the perfect couple, start a family, climb the ladder in their professional field, maintain their social circle or acquire real estate. All while taking care of their bodies. Torn between the ideals imparted by society and their own personal aspirations, thirtysomethings have only one goal: self-improvement, sometimes at the cost of a long search for meaning. “This part…
Source: Le Figaro
