make the most of my 30s

...my thoughts.

Now is the time to incorporate all my learning into daily living. I feel the most mentally healthy that I have been…probably ever. I want to devise a strategy to maintain that throughout the challenges I am sure to face.

Defo need a scribble session. I also really want to complete my 30 year diary project as I think it will be really helpful in identifying my development and give me a nice black and white document to refer back to.

Oh, I’m definitely going to make the most of my thirties.

...to reflect upon where I’ve been, what I’ve learnt and where I’m going. My 30s feel like a time for solidifying my learning/ideas etc and sharing them somehow.

There have been a number of things recently (synchronicity?) pointing me in a particular direction and I think I’m going to explore it further. Hmmmmmm.

A little reflection today had me come to the conclusion that I do not want to spend my 30s agonising of the same issues I did in my 20s. I see some people I know still coming back the the same problems decade after decade. I don’t want to be in the same place in my 40s or 50s.

When I think back to my early 20s I did a lot of agonising over love and finding Mr Right – it’s certainly a relief not to be doing that right now! In my mid to late 20s weight and body image predominated.

Here’s some better themes for my 30s:

• Family
• Fitness
• Developing knowledge of my choice
• Creativity
• Travel

To start with I am going to redirect my focus. E.g. if I find myself agonising over my body I’ll focus instead on fitness. Let’s see how that goes for a while.
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...to make some of our own Christmas traditions.

In my 20s Christmas to me was about following my parents Christmas traditions…for example, we always have our Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve.

Now I’m in my 30s I would like to begin some traditions that are ours. This is also the first year we have the dog which makes it harder to stay overnight at my parents but easier to create some of our own traditions.

This year we will be coming home Christmas Eve and hanging our stocking by our fireplace ready for Father Christmas!! Yay!

...just seem to have flown by. I was remembering something earlier and realised it was TEN years ago. How did that happen?!

I really want to enjoy my 30s and make the most of every minute. I have been quite looking forward to them…hoping that some of the insecurities of my 20s will have passed and given me a new freedom.

We’ll see!