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Turning 30
In a matter of hours, I will be 30 years old! I've been thinking about this moment for a while and to be honest, I can't seem to muster any emotional reaction to this "milestone" moment. In a future post I'll take in more detail about things that I've so far accomplished in my 20s and what I'd like the 30s to hold for me. Today, it's more about what I generally think about reaching this milestone.The way I see it, your 20s are essentially about experimentation and trying to understand who you are as a person. 30s is all about execution and achievement. Over the past few weeks, I've worked religiously to try and figure out some of the nagging concerns in my life (relegated to a future post). I must say, entering the third decade of my life, I'm a lot sure of what I want to do in my life than I ever was.
The only few things that reaching this milestone will remind you of are/should be the following:
1) You're fortunate to be in this position. A large proportion of people in this world will never see the morning of their 30th birthday.
2) You have fully come to terms with mortality. All the more reason to do what you really want to do rather than follow dogma.
3) Realize that your personal life (self, family, friends, significant others etc) is more important than any work achievement you have. Even if you're in the select minority of people who are out to change the world and your time is more valuable to the billions of people on the planet, you have to make time for your personal life.
4) Stop thinking about age and do what you want to do. You're never too old or too young for anything (disclaimer: except for certain illegal things :) ).
5) Love change.
This year holds a lot of things for me and will generally be a year of change. I'm not doing this in reaction to anything but my desire to make changes. Will write in more detail about my plans in a future post (as always).
Here's to the 30s!
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