Turning 27 has probably been the hardest for me. Every year
I usually love birthdays, I start planning things to do, what I want, what to
wear at least a month ahead of time. But this year, I kind of wanted to shrug
it all under the carpet.
There’s something so wonderful about getting older. With age
comes respect, knowledge and wisdom. I also feel extremely grateful to wake up
each birthday another year older knowing that I am healthy and lucky enough to
have made it through another year.
But. A huge BUT. It can also be one of the most daunting
days of your life. I feel like Rachel in Friends on her 30
th
birthday. Feeling sad and sorry for herself that her life isn’t where she
planned it to be when she turned 30. And although I haven’t turned 30 yet, I can
feel the pressure that comes with it creeping up behind me.
And I don’t know why we set ourselves these targets in life.
Why we think that 30 is the time we have to have achieved it all. It creates
this unofficial tight timeline that everything has to be done by, and if we
don’t achieve everything we dream of by that time we have somehow failed
ourselves.
Even if we did achieve everything by 30, then what? Are we
going to retire and move to Spain and relax on the beach for the next 50 odd
years? No! So why do we create this sort of pressure for ourselves? Why does 30
act as a deadline in which we really need to have got our shit together?
So many successful people (and successful means something
different to everyone) achieved their success after 30/40 or even 50. We need
to stop adding pressure to ourselves. I believe it’s great to have a plan in
life, and all the things I want to achieve by 30 are things that I know I will
achieve, just maybe not by 30. And that’s ok. It’s ok to not be on the property
ladder by 30, it’s ok to not be married or have kids, or have that dream job by
30. 30 is not the be all end all.
After three months of being 27, I have come to be content
with my plans. I have realised that I do not need to worry about achieving
everything in the next three years because life doesn’t stop at 30.
SUIT: NISSE
BAG: HELMER
SHOES: GLAMOROUS
SUNGLASSES: STEVE MADDEN
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