Thirty is the age when you look back at your twenties and realize that you had absolutely no idea what you were doing. You were going with the flow, making plans, changing plans, realizing that plans don't always work out the way you want them to, trying to act like an adult only to realize that you weren't very good at it, wishing you could do something amazing to prove to yourself and the world that you can be a somebody, testing your "I'm an adult and I can do whatever the hell I want" status, finding out that "doing whatever the hell you want" doesn't actually mean that "whatever the hell you want" is a good idea, and swearing you won't turn into your parents.

Thirty is the age when you realize that you don't need to rebel against your parents anymore because you truly are doing your own thing. Thirty is when you forgive yourself for all the stupid stuff you did back when you were young and stupid and stop beating yourself up about it. Thirty is when you stop wanting to be somebody and just start being somebody. Thirty is when you think, "hey, cosmetic surgery isn't such a bad idea" and you stop making fun of people for having it. Thirty is when you are able to understand why people do what they do (if you take the time to try to figure it out) rather than just labeling them as jerks, so you can forgive errors more easily, and reduces lots of stress. Thirty is when you start realizing that there's more to life than making money, but you still appreciate how nice it is to have money. Thirty is when you stop feeling like you need to party every night because it's much more fun to cuddle with your loved ones (if you're not single, that is).

Oh, and at thirty, you still have enough youthful energy to get yourself as healthy as possible before you hit 40 and start falling apart. :-)

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posted by Kristen Brooke Beck  # 4:04 PM