It has taken me an entire month to wrap my brain around 30.
It’s not that I mind the number, exactly. 30 sounds good. Different. A little more mature & established.
30.
It’s feeling more & more comfortable every day.
But truth be told, I’m a bit wistful about leaving my 20′s behind. After all, a whole lot happened in that fantastic decade, starting with dating the Hubs all the way through welcoming Little O & Baby H to our family, 20 months apart.
Big stuff. Huge stuff. Milestones upon milestones.
As I watch my latest decade fade in my mental rearview mirror, I feel like I’m leaving an old friend for a new adventure. It’s hard to say goodbye because my 20′s were fun. Amazingly fun. And with each year that passed, I grew more & more comfortable with myself.
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My 20th birthday {in Ireland!}
My 20′s were also a lot of hard work…but it was the kind of hard work that you knew, deep down, was helping to shape the person you wanted to become. Challenging college classes, demanding internships, learning to live on a {very small} budget, long distance relationship with the Hubs, buying my first car…all hard work, all completely worth it.
No time to sit back & relax unless I was on an actual vacation~ I was too busy experiencing life, planning a wedding, decorating our first house {and then our second house}, picking out baby names as my belly grew & grew, falling even more in love with my husband once he became a father.
And so now, almost a month after I turned 30, I’m finally feeling rather at peace with the whole thing. I accomplished almost everything I had my heart set on in my 20′s, and those few goals that I didn’t achieve are making the journey with me into my next decade.
My 30th birthday {with my loves!}
It’s funny to look back on a decade and think, yes. That was awesome. Ups & downs, for sure, but the ups certainly outweighed the downs by a landslide.
I’m starting to look ahead to the next decade & form new goals. This time, goals for myself as well as for my family. After all, our little ladies are my main responsibility right now. I want them to grow up to be kind, confident, respectful and happy ~ and teaching those skills starts now, at the earliest possible age.
I want them to be able to look back at an entire decade {hopefully decades} of their life and also think, yes. That was awesome.
I’m hoping to spend my 30′s surrounded by~ and doling out~ a whole lot of love. Giggles with my girls, belly laughs with my husband. Hugs and kisses and taking time to be thankful. To be comfortable. To be me.
I’m ready for you, 30.
And I’m ready to relax & enjoy you a whole lot, too.
Counting My Kisses: It has taken me a while to get these words down~ they’ve been swirling around in my head for a few weeks, but today they were ready to jump out & take form. I think I’m ready to embrace this new decade in my life~ I’m excited to see what’s in store, and I’m also excited to just be me. A wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister, a friend, a writer…I’ve worked hard for all of those roles, and I’m going to make sure that this decade, I truly experience all of the joy that each role has to offer.
Have a great weekend, friends!
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30 is not so bad…. I’ve been 30 for almost 6 years and still pass for 25. Having 2 teenagers, it makes me feel good knowing I am taking good care of myself and don’t look or feel almost 36.
You are as old as you feel.
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I just left my 30s into my 40s in January. It is a new decade, and one that is already shaping up to be nothing as I expected. But it never is. Only until we look back to we see that it was as it should and will shape us as it prepared us for the next 10. Hope your 30s are all you hope as well as MUCH MUCH MORE!
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The 30s have been my best decade so far. In a couple of weeks, I’ll be crossing over to the ‘late 30s’ – 36! Things happened for me in my 30s (late bloomer!) – getting married and having my boys, giving up my 10 year career, starting my blog. So it’s all good! You’ll love being 30 and 30-something!
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Wow! You did have many blessings in your 20′s. A lot of people, myself included, find the years between 20-29 pass in a blur. Hell, my 30′s passed in a blur. I would never feel apprehensive about approaching another birthday even a milestone birthday, if I felt I’d accomplished even half of what you did in the decade of your 20′s.
Happy Birthday!
Thanks for visiting Tinsel & Tine on SITS Saturday Sharefest
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My 30s were pretty good, but so far my 40s have been awesome! There’s been a real sense of peace and contentment with my life and who I am. I wish you more and more happiness and peace every year.
Happy Sharefest!
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