Turning the Big 3-Oh!

Today is my girlfriend’s birthday and she has just turned 30. She's been in a state of depression about it all week. It's all we've heard about for days. The funny thing is she has no clue of what to expect. Her main complaint is wrinkles, sagging and getting old. The way she describes it is like she's Cinderella and when the clock strikes midnight on the morning of her birthday she's going to be an old sagging, wrinkled hag. I just shake my head and laugh at her because she is missing all the good things that happen when you turn 30.

When I hit 30, it's like a light bulb went off in my head. It's like I knew what I wanted, I knew where I wanted to be and I knew who I wanted to be. We struggle all through our twenties trying to "find ourselves" and once we do we don't know what to do with our "new found self." The reason being is that we don't have the experience or knowledge yet to take the next step to get us where we want to be. We need those life experiences to help guide us in the right directions. I couldn't imagine being where I am now, without going through what I did in my twenties. If you don't feel that there is any merit to what I am saying, why is it people in their 30's always say "I wish I knew now when I as 20." It's because life would've been easier, but then they wouldn't be the person they are today without their life lessons. I mean really looking back on it would you want to miss out on all of our life experiences...no neither would I. 

I say we keep doing what we're doing because we are like fine wine; we only get better with age!