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Not sure what to make of this…

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Today I was told, “You look young… for your age. I mean, you don’t look like you’re turning 30…”

Compliment?

What does 30 look like exactly?

I’m going to go on record saying this: Turning 30 is a big deal. How big a deal varies from one person to the next, sure, but whether you celebrate the hell out of it (like I plan to) or don’t celebrate it at all and simply ignore it, you’re still acknowledging it. Obviously it means something… right?

I remember being 23, a perky aerobics instructor, saying those exact words to another instructor that I thought “looked good for her age”.. she was 29. If this is karma, suck it.

Truth? I think I set myself up for feeling self-conscious about getting older before I even realized it was happening.

Possible?

More importantly, why is 30 considered a milestone year?… because I swear, EVERYONE who has been 30 tells me that it is.

Question: Have you ever felt self-conscious, overly aware or uncomfortable with your age? And/or is 30 really a milestone?

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Things I learned while I was sleeping.

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Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want.

-Dan Stanford

 

First, big ups to everyone and anyone who responded to my Writer’s Block Dilemma. I’m better now, so thank you. I heard everything from exercise to torturing my bladder as methods for Beating the Block, all of which were worth their weight in gold. But now I have the opposite problem (God, I’m such a complainer) and I can’t seem to stream my thoughts into coherent sentences. Or remember them.

I lost hours of sleep last night turning some good shit over in my head. I was all like, “Oh man, this is so good stuff. I can’t wait to get up an write it There’s no way I’ll forget it. No way.” So instead of learning from past experiences that I never, ever remember the next day what I was thinking the night before (thus REACH FOR A PEN AND PAPER, IDIOT) I’m dealing with the consequences. Total balls.

Before I turn 30 I really hope to get this lesson nailed down.

 

(p.s. Don’t worry, this isn’t a real post. Just stuff I was thinking.)

(p.p.s See, I’m already learning to always write things down.)

 

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