10 Good Reasons to Celebrate Being Over 30

The thirty something years are a time to be relished. There is still plenty of hard work to do before you reach your goals but instead of worrying endlessly about how you are going to achieve them, it’s a decade to be getting on with what needs to be done in order to relax in later life.

In your thirties you become more reflective which makes it easier to handle difficult situations and challenges in your life – the philosophies that you dallied with in an earlier decade now begin to be put into practice, carrying you through the tougher times and helping you to move forward.

There is a lot to celebrate about being in your thirties:

1. Life. You know yourself well and instead of beating yourself up when you get things wrong, you are able to learn from your mistakes and hopefully begin to make less of them.
2. Relationships. You can set boundaries and expectations of how others treat you and lead by example rather than trying to tell other people what to do. Learning to know and love yourself are now things that you actively do and not just talk about!
3. Beauty and Fashion. You look in the mirror and instead of trying to make yourself look completely different; you are beginning to learn the importance of making the most of what you have got. You have had enough time to really get to know that face of yours and can smile at yourself and say – I like what I see!

You have got better at applying make-up and know the clothes that suit you, so the results are always better that in former years.

1. Socialising. You don’t have to go out and party just because you can. You attend social gatherings and events because you want to – not because you are simply too afraid that you will miss something!
2. Health. Your body has a natural built in regulatory system which starts to determine how much you drink and knows when enough is enough. Instead of ignoring this, you now listen to it – and in some cases wait for it carefully until it tells you! It’s okay to leave a party before the bitter end and have a cup of tea on your return home, instead of opening that dodgy bottle of wine you were given at your leaving do!
3. Love. You are fussy about the dates you go on and the relationships you build. You have spent years working out what you want from friendships and relationships and you now have the ability to spot when they are not delivering.
4. Risk. You now realise that most decisions in your life are reversible so you can take more risks and try things out – knowing that if it doesn’t work out, you can always go back.
5. Loss. You understand that your parents will not be around for ever and although this still makes you sad – you can begin to see a time when it will be okay to be without them.
6. Money and Work. You are starting to realise the real value of money and the importance of keeping your finances in order. The decisions you make about the money you spend and save are ruled by logic and not emotion. You realise that the job or career you started out with, may not be the one you end up with – and rather than worrying about this, it becomes an exciting prospect!
7. Friendship. Other people, particularly our twenty something friends, actually look up to us and ask our advice! We then realise that the advice we give is the kind we wish we had received, yet we know that we would have ignored it anyway!

When you are over thirty, you still have plenty of energy but are just more intelligent about where and how you use it! If you are having a bad day and feeling old, write your own list of reasons why it’s good to be thirty something!