You're 33. That means, unless you strike it rich, you've got 35 more years to work, plus or minus a few. Plan on migrating from what you do now up the food chain to harder things - things that pay better, and where you're harder to replace.<p>In the end, people matter more than technology. Get better at relating to people, communicating with them, being <i>human</i> with them. You need human connections. As the world becomes more and more impersonal in interactions, find ways to connect with people.<p>If you're not married, people your age often start feeling like they need to. Choose <i>very</i> carefully. The consequences of a bad choice are horrible; the consequences of a good one are spectacular.<p>If you have kids, or are about to, they're going to take a lot of your time, energy, and mental bandwidth. Don't give it grudgingly. <i>Love</i> them, don't just <i>tolerate</i> them. Be the parent you wish your parents had been.
If you're parents are still around don't take them for granted. You are in a busy stage of life but your parents are nearing the age that health can fail.
33 is a great age to have a kid (if you want them, and if you're in a position to do so). I had to wait (long story) until 37 and there's part of me that regrets it a little bit. There's a real benefit that comes from upending your whole life (there are, of course, other ways to do this) and having your priorities radically realigned (obviously, though, not for everyone).<p>If you have money to put away, get a financial planner and start saving money. The end of your career is coming up sooner than you think.<p>Take care of your body. In my late 30s I started to notice little things with my joints, muscles, etc. that made me think "oh, I guess I'm getting old now".<p>More generally, if you're not on the path you want to be on, change it. Over the last few years I'd had a strange feeling come over me: "Whatever person I want to become, if I don't become them in the next few years then I never will." Which, if the thought hadn't arrived uninvited into my mind I don't know I would have ever agreed with. The simpler version is "When are you going to become the person you want to be?" (or, "get right with yourself"). I hope the answer isn't "in my 50s or 60s".<p>Read more books, spend less time on computers/internet/TV.
save more money, work on your skill set, and mind your health a little better than you did in your 20s.<p>other than that, just do the things you want to do. yeah maybe some doors have closed on your athletic abilities but besides that there's no sense in doing Y thing you're not interested in just because you're X years old and other X year olds are doing Y thing.