The biggest piece of advice I’d give to someone turning thirty (I’m almost 32) is to accept that most things will not go the way you thought they would, and to accept that you can’t control a lot of things!
- Things will happen way slower than you thought
- Random obstacles will get thrown your way
- There will be a lot of hard work
BUT this opens you up to journeys and people and a life you could’ve never predicted.
I feel like life has gone cray since I turned 29. I’m in a wildly different place to where I was, almost 3 years later. I’m married and I never thought I’d get married before 35 lol. But my career is a shocker and I thought I’d be on 6 figures/a senior role by now.
What I’m trying to say is, welcome to your almost thirties 😂 it’s fun! But chaotic.
Thank you for this 🫶🏻 It’s so true that so much of life is beyond our control (including the unplanned/unexpected obstacles of life). It’s something that I don’t think we account for when we are young and planning our whole lives!
I’m looking forward to this chaotic decade of my thirties 🥹💛
This is just so beautiful a consideration of reaching thirty and redefining what it means to "have it all figured out" - your shift from pursuing happiness to seeking happiness feels so wise, especially through the lens of loss and grieving. The way that you've rephrased aging as accumulating "keepsakes" and "heirlooms" in our wrinkles is beautiful poetry that completely switches off the script on aging, making it sound like the privilege that it is rather than something to be feared. Also, I turned 30 in this 9th of June.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful writing 💗✨
Thank you so much for reading 🥹💛
The biggest piece of advice I’d give to someone turning thirty (I’m almost 32) is to accept that most things will not go the way you thought they would, and to accept that you can’t control a lot of things!
- Things will happen way slower than you thought
- Random obstacles will get thrown your way
- There will be a lot of hard work
BUT this opens you up to journeys and people and a life you could’ve never predicted.
I feel like life has gone cray since I turned 29. I’m in a wildly different place to where I was, almost 3 years later. I’m married and I never thought I’d get married before 35 lol. But my career is a shocker and I thought I’d be on 6 figures/a senior role by now.
What I’m trying to say is, welcome to your almost thirties 😂 it’s fun! But chaotic.
Thank you for this 🫶🏻 It’s so true that so much of life is beyond our control (including the unplanned/unexpected obstacles of life). It’s something that I don’t think we account for when we are young and planning our whole lives!
I’m looking forward to this chaotic decade of my thirties 🥹💛
This is just so beautiful a consideration of reaching thirty and redefining what it means to "have it all figured out" - your shift from pursuing happiness to seeking happiness feels so wise, especially through the lens of loss and grieving. The way that you've rephrased aging as accumulating "keepsakes" and "heirlooms" in our wrinkles is beautiful poetry that completely switches off the script on aging, making it sound like the privilege that it is rather than something to be feared. Also, I turned 30 in this 9th of June.
Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment 🫶🏻 and happiest 30th birthday to you, I hope this decade for you is the best one yet.