Turning 30

I am about to turn 30 the 28th of this month, and I'm really freaking out about it. I know it's not going to do me a bit of good to worry about it, and it's silly but I am seriously having a hard time with this. I was wondering how some of the other women here dealt with it, and if any of you have any advice on how to make myself feel better about turning the big 3 0 other than getting smashed and staying in bed all day Did any of you feel this way?

 

What exactly freaks you out about it? I can't wait until my 30's!

 

30 is great. i just turned in september. i finally almost feel like an adult.. almost.

 

My husband has this huge hang up about age. He sees 30 as old. I know, comforting, right? Makes me wonder how he's starting to see ME. (We are both 27. Well, he will b e on the 22nd of this month anyway).

Me personally I don't really care as long as I am healthy. I'm not healthy right now but I'm working on it. I really do think age is all about your mental, emotional, and spiritual age than it is physical age. I feel very old physically because I have a lot of physical problems, but if you take the phsyical factor out, I'm pretty goofy and young.

Besides, you're beautiful. You have nothing to worry about! You could totally pass for 20 from your sig pic.

 

What freaks me out about it for the most is that I'm nowhere near where I wanted to be at this age. I just never worried about my age up until now. Reality has smacked me in the face I guess. Time just flies so fast, you know? I know I have plenty of time still to do the things I want to do and all, but it's so clear to me now just how much time I've wasted.

Thank you Lilirayne..that's very sweet of you. I haven't taken the best care of myself, and I'm very thankful to be healthy. I'm sorry to hear you're not healthy..hearing you say that makes me feel even more silly for worrying about this. I'm sure all these negative thoughts will turn around and this will be a positive experience for me..I worry about the most petty things sometimes.

 

SM , listen , you have a busload of time left..its totally true that the further u go in this life thing , the faster time seems to fly..but as u hopefully know , the people who u shine yer lite on are well and truly touched by the xperience..i have always said you are a gift , an enhancement to the human condition..your breathtaking outer beauty (a 10`s 10) is only surpassed by your warm hart and inner beauty..
Sometimes w/ the life test , taking it one nanosecond at a time sometimes works best , but be assured miss Shugs , you have many in your corner and thousands who have yer back..

..and at 30 , u still have 40 more years of tatooing people w/ that face....and i mean that as a aknowledgement of your beauty..which is breathtaking..

 

30 was great for me! I am 37 and finally feel like I know who I am and what I am supposed to be doing. They SAY that 30 is the new 20, so live it up girl! 30 is YOUNG! CONGRATS!!!!!!

 

I guess for a woman it's different, but hey I just turned 50, don't feel so bad!

After a certain point, age is all relative!

 

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Getting older isn't so bad...knowing that there's nothing we can do to stop the years passing by is!! 30 isn't old, I'll be 30 in 6 years!!! wow, hard to believe.

 

My husband had a really rough time when he turned 30 (he'll be 33 in August). I'm already having a difficult time accepting that fact that I'm rapidly approaching 30, and I still have a year and a half left.

 

I think for some people some kind of bell (biological clock, or whatever particular urgency a person has about his/her life) goes off when they hit 30...it definitely did for me. 30 was HARD for some reason. Turning 40 for me was much easier...go figure!!

 

I guess I'm lucky in one respect here - my Love is ten years older than me, so no matter how old I get it won't be that bad! :tongue: Seriously, though, being with someone for so long with such an age difference, I really realize the silliness that gets put in our heads about age by society and the media. I don't think I'll have any problem with 30 or 40. Then again, I'm 23, so what would I know?

I hope you find your happiness in all this sugar! Have a happy and Zen birthday!

 

Aww..you guys are the best..thanks for the replies. I definately like the sound of 30 being the new 20..hehe My sister and I were discussing this yesterday, and she was also telling me how it was harder for her to turn 40 than 30 too. She made me feel really bad when she went as far as to say "do you have any idea how many people never got the chance to make it to their 30th birthday..people who unfortunately lost their lives who would have given anything to be in my position." :& I know she's right, and it definatley gave me a new perspective..I hadn't thought of it that way. I have been dreading this birthday since I turned 28. Since I turned 29, I've been "almost 30" to everyone who asks my age, so I skipped 29 altogether, strangely enough. You would think I would have held on to that year for dear life..lol One things for sure, I've GOT to take better care of myself now..I can't just keep ignoring that. When you're younger, you just think 30 will never get here. I always said I'd settle down and act like a grownup when I turned 30, whatever grownups are supposed to do..lol The thought just never sounded very appealing to me. Like it or not, it's here and I'm just gonna have to deal with it.

 

d'oh! Well then, I guess I'll be turning 34 in a few weeks along with him. (Wha'dya know, it wasn't that hard after all!)

 

i forgot my 30th birthday. i was pregnant, sick, hot (july) and all around miserable. my MIL called me the next day to wish me a happy one and i looked up at dave and started laughing. we'd both forgotten it.

 

Ha... I thought turning 17 was hard! (Yet also liberating in a way...) I had a really interesting conversation with my aunt about age (She's 56 - 57 in july) and she looked me straight in the eye and said "I feel fucking fantastic! I'm still doing most of the things I did when I was 25, but I have the wisdom in my head now to be a *little* bit more intelligent about the choices I make. So now I just consider myself a REALLY smart 25..."

Ha, sorry, I just thought that was amusing.. This is one of the reasons I love her so much. Ya'll can ignore me... I'm just being silly now... But this all made me smile

 

Turning 25 smacked me in the face. my other half is 10 years older than I and i just think what could have i done better to accomplish my life more . 5 more years and the big 3.0 Age doesn't scare me its the opprunity i get to accomplish the goals i wanted to achieve in life. And i haven't had much luck lately because of health issues. It just seems like such a bugger of a down fall. I started college 6 years later than i wanted too and i probably won't get done for another 4 years which leaves me at 29.5 years old!!! ergh!! well enough of this age talk.


I hope all you ladies feel Good about yourself and nothing about age its all about body mind and spirit and how you feel about YOU!!


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