My Thoughts On Turning 30
I turn thirty tomorrow. TOMORROW! It's weird because when I was younger, thirty felt so far away. Someone who was thirty was a grown adult with their life together. They had a house, a dog and were married with children. Or at least that's what society told us to expect at that time.
The closer I got to thirty, the more I realised how unrealistic that outlook on life was, as a child. I don't think I had any concept of age after that point either. It never occurred to me to think about how old my parents were or how old my grandparents were, because those ages were just as inconceivable as thirty was.
To me, they existed in that frame in time and the age part didn't matter. It's funny how age becomes more important the older we get, but with age comes different milestones and different points in life. Things happen, or don't happen, at certain ages.
At four or five you start school, at eleven you start secondary school, at sixteen you do your A Levels, at eighteen you start university, at twenty-one you graduate and are expected to get a full time job. But all that time in between twenty-one and thirty is just a void space.
Nothing happens, but everything happens, if you get what I mean. There are no more expectations of you, other than the societal ones, to get married, for instance. Once thirty rolls around, the conversations become different and a whole lot more serious, even on the approach to it.
My twenties were spent getting to know the real world. I spent them with Tom, having met him when I was twenty-one. We've done so much in those nine years, nearly, and have experienced life together in one way or another. We did the majority of what we wanted to do, including getting married.
Thirty, to me, is another chapter of my life, but I'm thinking that it's going to be my most life-changing decade. It occurs to me that the next five years or so could be the last where I get to have time for me and for us as a married couple.
After that, hopefully, there will be children to bring up and that in itself is a huge commitment. It's a life-long commitment, which is why I'm considering my thirtieth decade as the most significant one for me, personally. But that's what life is all about.
I've never looked at thirty as being old. I don't think I'm old for turning thirty. I think, for me, it's everything that comes along with entering the decade. I'm convinced that turning thirty, for me, will have more of an impact on me and my life than turning forty will.
I'm looking forward to turning thirty and entering a new decade, of course! I just know it could pose some new challenges we've never faced before, but it could also be the happiest decade of our lives.
I think that's it really. It's the anticipation of what my thirties will hold for me. Some of it is apprehension, while another side of me is excited. Getting older isn't something we can stop, so why not just embrace it? So here's to turning thirty!
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I hope you enjoyed this blog post? It's a slightly more personal one, but if you have anything to say about what your thoughts were when you turned thirty, let me know in the comments below, even if you have some advice for me. I will see you again very soon with some brand new content, so keep an eye out!
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