oh to be 30, (not so) flirty and thriving

being born in the later half of the year usually means that i get a good part of the year to get used to turning another year older before i actually technically reach that age.

turning 30 last year was fairly "difficult" as i had to come to terms with leaving my 20s and reaching the big 3. however the strangest thing is that now that i'm just bout nearly 30 and a half, i'm actually starting to feel pretty good being in my 30s.

don't get me wrong, there is a definite benefit of youth and the first one that comes to mind is a far less achey body haha! perhaps it's just that possibly a large part of my 20s was spent over analyzing, wondering and doing some crazy things that i would have thought is uncharacteristic of me which ultimately turned out to be tiring, unproductive and pointless. but now, i feel so much more stable, less "flighty" and more career-minded. it's almost as though i'm (eeks!) maturing!

i still have a ways to go though. i'm not nearly where i want to reach in my life but somehow i just feel more focussed, less distracted and less interested to do the crazy song and dance merry-go-round of my 20s. and now i can actually "snigger" at the antics of the young 'uns and think bout how surely i wasn't ever that young right?

yeah i think that it'll be a good decade... or maybe half a decade until i turn 35 and have to mentally cross another barrier and physically tick another age checkbox...