The big birthday milestones before 30 are those that come with some recognizable societal nod that you are different for having reached that age.
13 - teenager, you're growing more hairs on your important parts...your voice is changing...next year you'll be in HIGH SCHOOL and you only have 3 years to 16!
16 - in most states, you're driving...with that comes responsibility of driving, peer pressure, wanting to have sex - starting to have sex - having sex - or turning your nose up at those that are already having sex! You may have a job, some responsibility, and life is good!
18 - hey, you're legal...you can vote, buy smokes, and get yourself kicked out your mama's house! You're looking at colleges and what the next step is in your life. This is the age where society expects you to be a productive member - either in college, or working and paying taxes.
21 - PARTY, PARTY, PARTY!!! Somebody buy me a drink!! Nevermind, I can buy my own!!! Woo-hoo! Now society has deemed you responsible enough to drink in public LEGALLY!! (we all know you've been drinking since you were 18 or before for some of you lushes) You've graduated college and now you are ready to be shipped off to your new life.
So what happens after 21? You just get older! You are supposed to mature more and find your way in the world. Grow, Build, Explore, Stockpile, Progress, Invent, Travel, Marry, Reproduce...Do something!! When you get to 30... society doesn't nod anymore! It dismisses you and let's you figure the rest out on your own. It chooses then to focus on the little hellions growing up behind you destroying the world with bad grades, negligence and disrespect!! You're 30 - so you should know your way. You can't blame ignorance on being in your 20s anymore. Your mistakes are made knowingly at this point.
On the one hand, 30 is great. You're 10 years into your career, maybe you've started a family, things are somewhat more settled, you begin to travel more with your friends or your family and you're paying your bills now. No more mom and dad to tell you what to do, you're living in your own realm of experiences. But on the other hand, you barely recognize yourself. Your knees squeak, creak, pop, and ache. You walk to the mailbox and the next day your thighs think you ran 6 miles uphill! The days of going pantyless are over - and I'll leave it at that. LOL. You don't feel like partying anymore, your couch calls your name louder than the clubs - and as a result, there's a friggin' tire around your waist and you have no idea where it came from!! What the hell?! Muffin top? Really?!! All of this happened right when skinny jeans come into fashion! Great! Now the only jeans that fit me are my bellbottoms from the back of the closet! hahaha. This is the bullsense I'm talking about! But no, 30 is great!! You have some money in the bank, so you can correct all these wrongs! lol.
So the question is...what happens after the morning after...30? The answer is - you go on about your adult business! You party hard and bring in your milestone! You only have 4 left, so live the life in between the milestones to the fullest and let society nod at you for being able to handle your own business! "They" say, Life happens when you're not looking - so don't look at this milestone and think of where you aren't - look at it and think of the possibilities now that you know who you are and what you are capable of doing, creating, building, and inventing! Live life without looking, use your heart and your instincts and watch the opportunities present themselves. Look out 40!! We're going to have life by the horns by the time we get to you!!! I for one, cannot wait to until my next big thing!
Stay with me!
