My life is different than I thought it would be, but it's a good different. I didn't go to BYU (by choice), I didn't get married way too young, and I don't have kids (yet). I did meet the most amazing guy in the world and marry him, I found the sport of triathlon, I've traveled to lots of cool places, and I got a dog (that's the one I didn't expect the most). Life is good. So although 30 is just a little more than a year away, it's not scaring me. I still have so much more to do.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
It's just a number
As my birthday approaches, I've been reflecting on my life. I don't know why turning 29 is such a big deal. Maybe because it's one year away from 30. And 30 seems like a scary number. As a teenager, my vision of how life would go was this: graduate from high school, go to school at BYU, get married, graduate from BYU, support my husband while he finished at BYU, quit my job, have a kid, have a kid, have a kid, have a kid, have a kid, then turn 30. Obviously that didn't happen. But who says that things need to happen a certain way or on a certain timeline? I'm not disappointed that my life didn't go as "planned," I'm really glad it didn't.
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Well said, happy early birthday! Life didin't turn out as planned for me either, I would have never imagined I would convert to Mormonism, but I of course would not change that.
Life is like a box of chocolates...I only eat the good ones :) Welp seeing I'm passed 30 all I can say is that you dont really know who you are until then. I dont think I could see you with 5 kids right now. Not at all but then again I didnt see you as a traveling girl back in the day. Life is what you make of it so make every day count. And from where I'm sitting your doing just that.
Life is fragile and you never know what tomorrow may bring! Wow, does that mean I'll be the mother of an almost 30 year old!! Oh dear!
Just means you have many great things, and children, to look forward to.
The most interesting part of your post is that as I read everything you wanted to do and didn't, its exactly what I DIDN'T want to do and DID. Haha. Such is life...unpredictable and yet wonderfully constant:)
i know what you mean about 29--i think i've cried almost every week since my bday (in september!) because i feel so old and i'm not quite where i thought i'd be. but, you're right...just bc we're not where we thought we should be doesn't mean that we're not in exactly the right place. i needed to read this today!
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