Sunday I celebrated my 30th birthday. I thought that I would be really upset. The night before my birthday I was writing in my journal and I wrote "I feel like my youth is gone." Yet I also wrote a list of accomplishments that I completed in my 20's and I felt very satified. I am sure some of you are familiar wit the Tim McGraw song in my next 30 years. "In my next 30 years I'm gonna watch my weight, eat afew more salads and not stay up so late, drink a little lemonade and not so many beers, maybe I'll remember my next 30 years." I am hoping to follow that advice esp. the beer part ;) actually I came up with a few of my own: They aren't cute or rhymmy but...
• I feel more like I have come into myself not only as a wife and a mother but also as Tiffany. I have a better handle on the things that I want in life but not always the best way to get them. In my next 30 years I want to be more open to learning and understanding. I want to ask more questions and listen more.
• I have realized that life is good no matter what the economy is like, where I live or whatever life situation I am in at that point in my life. In my next 30 years, I want to always be looking for the amazing wonderful things that life makes us.
• There are so many things in this life that the Lord gives us and that others do for us. In my next 30 years I want to be more grateful for all that others do for me and my family.
• In my next 30 years I want to value relationships and people more. Every person is precious and deserves to be treated as such. I think sometimes my resistance to treat people the way they should be treated comes from being worried about what they will think. Yet I should worry less about what people think and worry about what the Lord thinks. I shouldn’t worry about if people remember me or if they know my name… I shouldn’t worry if they are going to be offended if I ask them their name again- they will probably be less offended than if I avoid them all the time because I don’t remember their name.
• In my next 30 years I want to look out for #1 more- I know this sounds like a step backwards but I am always expecting others to do things for me and then being offended when they don’t. I am not going to hold people up to the standards that I set for them; I will take care of my needs. If I need to get together with friends, I won’t be offended that people don’t invite me over, I will invite people over.
• In my next 30 years I want to be sassier. I want to not be afraid to say what I am thinking. Especially funny things- I don’t want to worry about if others will think that I am funny or not.
To sum it up- I feel more comfortable in my skin and I am glad I am 30! I mean I have worked 30 years to get here!
8 comments:
What optimism!!! I loved reading this post. I thought all of your goals were great examples to all of us about what is most important in life- especially recognizing the many blessings in our lives.
You are an admirable woman! Happy (belated) Birthday:)
Nic
P.S. I'm wicked jealous of your flowers! My Mom had a couple of peonie bushes growing and I just couldn't keep my eyes of them the whole time I was visiting. Thanks for coming down to see us:)
Oh Tiff. You're fabulous. I hope you know that and that you don't have to wonder if it's true!!! (We all do that sometimes...) Congrats on the big 3-0.
Happy 30th. I did a what-I've-learned-in-the-past-10-years thing for my 30th, and found out that I also liked myself more at 30 than 20. It's all good.
Really dig the pics of you as a baby, and your rad parents. Love it.
Happy Birthday Tiffany!! I am lucky to be related to such a talented, kind-hearted, creative, fun and beautiful cousin. Though we don't spend a lot of time together, I count you as a big blessing in my life. See you at the reunion in a few weeks?
Hey Tiffy, I didn't know your birthday was right next door to Inga's. Did you get to talk to her? I really appreciated your own McGraw list, its totally insightful, thoughtful, and rock on-ful, and I have to say... I can feel myself getting older finally myself, at this oh so ripe age. I think, for one, I don't care about looking like a Mom anymore, that is, I have been doing up do's a lot, and I like looking a bit more sophistocated. Then I wore my hair down a bit more, and I don't care, that I haven't syled it, or if it looks too young, basically, I am letting go of 'supposed to be's more'....and it is...strangely wonderful. I love you Tiff, I love you a lot, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, I think you've done a marvelous 30~
P.S. I started blogging, maybe we'll see, but...check your email at aya for the address!
P.p.s. that pic of you looks an awful lot like....Turner 2~
You are so inspiring. I hit 32 a month ago. I love being in my 30s. And I want to be more conscious in these next 32 years about the present. I want to savor the present moment and stop wishing for the future. Love you,heidi
Happy Birthday! You are such a great person. You will make the next 30 years amazing. Can you imagine being 60 though... ? Wow.
You look so much like your mom in that last pic of you and her! Love it. Thanks for sharing some baby pictures. You were such a cute kid.. .and still are!
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