30 in a month's time - how did you feel when you turned 30?
By Bellapop
@Bellapop (1279)
June 25, 2010 5:42pm CST
I turn 30 in about a month's time, generally, I feel ok, but at the same time I'm having a lot of reflection time - there are just so many things I haven't done yet, and may have should have done by now...like getting married, having one, or a couple of kids, getting my mortgage going etc. Sometimes I look at my peers and just think I am so behind, I generally feel happy and content, but time seems to have flown by and I seem to get these thoughts that I should act a bit more 'grown up' now... not that I'm out all night being drunk or doing anything stupid, but perhaps to have something to show for my first 30 years of life...? How did you all feel when you hit 30?
3 responses
@rosie230 (1696)
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25 Jun 10
I actually turned 30 last month and I tell you I felt the same as you completely. Actually like you I even posted a discussion here about it lol... I was really worried by it, because I have not yet achieved the thing that I wish that I had achieved by this age. I really though that I would settled down in married life, with a couple of kids, a family home and possibly a career. Well I have a home, and I do have 2 children, but I am not married and I don't have a career other than being a full time mum. So many of my friends have had kids, got married, have nice family homes and great jobs and everything they do seems to balance so well. In the end I did not do anything to leave my 20's behind me... I just carried on as I do everyday. Becoming 30 has not really changed me at all, I thin it is just a number and we are as young as we feel. I think that we just have to live life how we choose to, and not worry about what others have already. Hope you have a lovely birthday though! Being 30 is not that bad.
@Bellapop (1279)
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1 Jul 10
At times, I still feel as if I'm 21 and at other times, I just feel that I have grown older and perhaps wiser. I think I'm definitely happier and less paranoid, a bit stronger physicall and mentally, seeing things more clearly...and also worried that it may be down hill from now on...! :)
@helenyun (19)
• China
27 Jun 10
Believe me, everyone does the same as you.
Maybe not just turning 30, I got scared even when I turned 25.
All my friends around me got their achievements.
They are getting married, got promotioned, or having babies.
Me, no boyfriend, no offers and absolutely no future I could see.
But so what? You never know what life gonna be like.
And you should always know, there is something different just right round corner, which is gonna surprise you.
@lrglara (1334)
• Philippines
26 Jun 10
im turning 30 in a few days time. i have to admit its scary. i dont consider myself young anymore. most of my friends are young which makes it even scarier. but at the end of the day, it did make me feel wiser. i've grown so much in the past year and i cant trade that for everything. i love where i am now and i am looking forward to where i can be in the future. i know God will always be with me and He'll lead to where i should go. i trust in Him. :)
