Today is my 30th birthday.
At this moment I am 30 years, 10 hours, and 51 minutes old. I have been preparing for my 30th birthday since December 30th of last year. During the last 365 days I have tried on what it feels like to be 30. When someone would ask my age I'd answer "30." I was trying it on for size. Maybe I thought I would be upset at the thought of saying goodbye to my 20's, or maybe I thought if I got used to it it wouldn't be such a big deal--I'm not sure. But, I do know that I have been in preparation for today.
I'm not exactly sure how I feel about being 30, but I do know one thing for sure! So far, my life has not turned out the way that I had pictured. I am sure most people could say that to an extent, but looking back I can safely say that the first 30 were great, but they weren't the most memorable (or perhaps as I had invisioned). Please don't get me wrong, I don't have any regrets about anything that I have done in my life--I refuse to live by regret. I have lived my life by my own standards making sure that I would never look back and regret something I had done, so every decision has been made with careful consideration. But, in another 30 years when I look back at my life I want there to be more to say, more stories.
I always thought my 20's would be full of adventures that I would one day tell my children and grandchildren. I thought my 20's would be full of new experiences and traveling. Don't get me wrong, I had a lot of new experiences and some traveling, but not the kind I thought I would have------> insert new decade of life.
I realize that right this minute I have the opportunity to do new and different things, and that's exactly what I am going to do. This blog is about archiving the first 365 days of my 30's. In the next 365 days I am going to do things that I have never done; I am going to go places I have never been. I am going to push myself out of my comfort zone and have the adventures of a lifetime!
I am going to go grab life! I will keep you posted on all of grand adventures of 30 in 365 :)
