So, last Thursday (the 24th), I realized I had under a month to go until I turn 30. Can the panic begin already, or does that seem a bit extreme? I mean, I have one baby…one on the way, a house…a house payment, a good job, and a minivan for the love…one should quite possibly be thinking I was 30 already…
If Oprah says 50 is the new 40, can 30 be the new 20? Am I sure I would want to go back to 20?
Is it simply a mental thing or do I really feel older? Maybe its my current state…fat and tired (feeling very pregnant today, only okay by the fact that I AM very pregnant)…that makes me feel 30+. Maybe 30 won’t look so bad on the flip side of it…but right now I’m staring at it and unsure of how to approach it while maintaining my sanity…and dignity too. Hmmm…
I’m welcoming your suggestions, both for achieving 30 with sanity and dignity…as well as suggestions on how to celebrate it.
April 29, 2008 at 10:09 am
oh yea, I remember 30~
that one was a shocker for me too!
after a while, 30 feels awesome!
but that is not much help from someone headed toward 40!!!!!!
April 29, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Right after I turned 30 I saw a show (Oprah actually) about women who looked better at 40, 50, 60 than they did at thirty. I thought to myself my life rocks, except I’m so busy taking care of others I don’t take very good care of myself.
I can be one of these women someday. So my goal at thirty is to be an amazing 40+. So even at Tim’s almost daily protests I’m spending a little money and time with this nutirtionlist. I’m also exersizing daily (I’m up to 2 miles now, walking of course) and taking a little time every day to read a few blogs I enjoy (yours of course). Of course all this wasn’t possiable until Elsie was well over 6 months old, but I think it was always good to have it in the back of my mind that when things calmed down I was going to do something for me.
April 30, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Your age is just a state of mind! So stop worrying about it already! You are great just where you are and NO you do not want to go back to 20! Think of…..and then you’ll remember why it’s okay at 30!
Stacey
May 5, 2008 at 9:49 am
YEP! I was pregnant at 30 and chasing a 2 year old. You can’t drink it away (even if I don’t drink) AND I was basically too tired to care
I DID tell my mother NO BLACK anything, cake balloons etc…Other than that I survived fine 