When I turned thirty, I posed for a picture holding a cardboard sign with the words “goodbye twenties” sprawled across it with a black sharpie. My friend said to me at the time: You’re going to love your thirties. You know who you are, what you want, and how to make it happen.
Boy was she right.
I made big changes to my life before this picture was taken. I said goodbye to relationships that brought me down. I focused my heart on the positive ones. I paid more attention to myself. I started working out again. I began to eat better. I smiled more.
I stopped sitting on the sidelines and letting opportunities pass by, grasping only at the straws of missed memories. I danced my heart out at a Bon Jovi concert. I booked a vacation. I fell in love.
In my thirties, I embrace more of life’s wonders with each passing day, which are too often camouflaged within the nooks and crannies of each experience, each memory, each hug hello and kiss goodbye. In my thirties, each day tops the one before … each year better than the last. I am consumed with happiness. My heart is full. This post, which isn’t quite detailed or lengthy, serves simply as a whisper – from my heart as it sings out tribute to my life, the memories past, and the best that’s yet to come.
Hello, 32. You’re beautiful and I’m ready.
Happy Birthday! Have a great day and here’s to another fulfilling year. 🙂
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Thank you so much, Janna! 🙂
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Hi Olivia. Thanks for the follow. Happy Birthday and i look forward to reading through your blog.😊
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Likewise, Waffles! And THANK YOU! I enjoyed your post about the Tynemouth Castle. Very interesting and I loved the pictures.
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Thankyou😊 i was just killing time between work. It was a great find i knew nothing about until today
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This was a wonderful post! Full of hope and happiness and such a positive message. Kudos to you for making your life what you want and controlling your happiness. Happy Birthday. Smiles.
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Ah, thank you, Siren! We all embark on our own life journeys – I tried my best to steer mine in a positive direction 🙂 Speaking of journeys, I am excited to keep up with your poetic one. I look forward to reading more of your work. Thank you for the birthday wishes!
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Thank you. Smiles.
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Many happy returns! 🙂
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Thank you, thank you, Richard!
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Very welcome 🙂
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Ahhhhh, enjoy those sweet thirties- When you get to seventy you begin to become reticent about holding placards, particularly if they have your name and birth date on them.
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Thank you! So far so good, DL!
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Love this. It’s an excellent reminder for me that there’s a lot to love about being 31. 🙂
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There’s so much to love, Annie! I hope you enjoy every minute of it as I have. I stumbled upon your “About Me” and share many of your interests including coffee and naps – which, now that I think about it, seems like one big oxymoron 😉 Thank you for reading!
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Happy Birthday! An inspiring message!
Enjoy each and every day of life, cut the people that don’t treat you right and live life the way you want to without regret and without a care what anyone thinks!
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That is the best advice, Caroline. Thank you for that reminder – and for the birthday wishes! I appreciate you stopping by and reading my musings 🙂
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No problem! Take care 🙂
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I love this! Happy Birthday!
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So glad you enjoyed it. Thank you, Autumn!
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🎈🎈HAPPY BORN DAY BEAUTIFUL🎉🎉!!!
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Thank you so much!
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🎉 Happy Belated Birthday and trust me, it only gets better. Turned 59 on May 12, loving every minute of my life.
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Thank you, Spence’s Girl. I love to hear that! I look forward to reading about all of your adventures as you continue to enjoy life 🙂
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Very encouraging birthday post. I hope my 30s are as great as yours. Happy birthday 🙂
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Thank you! And they absolutely will be!
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39 here…hoping to love my 40’s lol. 30’s were not as bad as I thought they would be when I was 18 though!
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Ha, that is so true. I was terrified of turning 30. I even joked that I would count backwards after that point, but I quickly learned that the 30s are a great place to be! Your 40s will be amazing, too. The best is yet to come 🙂
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I love this embrace of age and wisdom. I just wish I still had the body I had in my 20s. And the metabolism. I really miss the metabolism
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Oh, isn’t that the truth!! I certainly do focus more on eating a few LESS doughnut holes than I did in my twenties … on skipping the disco fries at a late-night diner run …. but I guess the benefits outweigh the negatives 😉
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Happy birthday! I can safely say your 30s is definitely the decade you really start to get to grips with who you are. So enjoy the ride 😉
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Thank you, thank you! So far, so good, majeang 🙂
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Excellent!
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Reblogged this on violettripplehorn.
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You have such a beautiful, positive and inspiring post. Thank you for the follow and I look forward to reading your adventures too. 🙂
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Aw, thank you, KL. There are times when looking back helps you realize just how much you have to be grateful for. ❤️
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