Weird. I don't think that this is where I expected myself to be, mostly because it always seemed so old to me! Don't I have to be married with kids by now? After taking year 29 to really digest the fact that this is happening, I have come to terms. I can now realize how grateful I am to be moving on to the next decade. I'm truly at a turning point in my life and it's kind of nice to have it coincide with a milestone year.
Only after some serious double-guessing of myself have I come to realize that every age looks different on everyone you meet. There is no standard for 30. Sometimes you meet someone who never grows up. Occasionally, you can look at a child and see someone wise beyond their years. I think I have known for a long time, that my one true goal is to try to have a life where I can find happiness and be comfortable in my own skin. So when my mind starts to wander to all the things that I haven't yet accomplished, I'm glad that I can revisit the thoughts of a younger wiser me, and remember what has always been important to me in my heart.
Actual day of birth thirty years ago! My Mom was one year older than I am when I was born. She had already been married for eleven years and had two children by the time she was thirty. This will always amaze me.
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