30 things to look out for in the 30s!

It’s time to say goodbye to the 20s! I can’t believe I’m 29 already! Well that also means I’ve officially entered the 30s!

The eternal confusion:

With the mental age of a toddler and the body of a teenager I’m at a point where I can’t tell my real age; and that’s a boon and a bane.

What’s the agenda?

All I want this year is peace and quiet and a not-so-full stomach! Is that my already grown-up self talking???

It’s going to be like every other birthday I’ve brought in so far, yet I know there’s a lot more to it than just celebrations and getting back to normalcy the next day! With age and experience some changes I decide to incorporate and some, just happen!

Of course it’s not like I wake up on the morning after my birthday to realize i just transformed into someone different altogether!!

That’s why I decided to come up with;

WHAT to look out for in the 30s!

(Note: Don’t generalize about the following. It’s just a random list I put together based on my notions and of course, the feedback from my sisters and aunts!)

1) You’re on the cusp of adulthood where you see friends your age either getting married or walking around with kangaroo pouches!

2) Your turning 30 triggers the Baby Alarm! People love telling you how 30 is the ONLY age to have babies! You got to be ‘kid’ding! Wonder what the Deepikas and Priyankas of the world would do! Have babies at 30, then get married? 😛

3) It’s everyone’s job to comment on your body shape. Stay the way you are so you don’t put them out of business!

4) You look forward to exercising (if you manage to get out of bed*) because it means ultimate optimism! One workout session and you’re staring at a sexy reflection in the mirror “OMG, don’t I look thin already!?”

5) If you already have the perfect body you want to do all it takes to maintain it, even if it means saying no to pizza! 😛

6) Bad hair days!
Point to self: Bad hair days means you have hair! So don’t complain!

7) You realize you can no longer ignore the ‘Skin Care’ regime that your sister’s been trying to sell you for years!

You suddenly realise you’ve bills to pay, taxes to avoid and savings to make! Wasn’t this the parents’ job!!???

11) Tag you’re it! The ‘responsibility’ tag follows you like a dark shadow that you can’t shake off!

12) Try not asking people any questions that’ll be greeted with an expression that clearly reads “Are you really that stupid?” but filtered into “How can you NOT know this????”

13) You begin to appreciate the beauty of the phrase ‘DON’T KNOW, DON’T CARE’.

14) As nice as you are, your bullshit-tolerance levels are fast depleting and all you dearly want to do is punch some people in the face!

15) Just when you thought you’d figured out how life operates, your life decides to up the game!!

16) The Worry-go-round ride!
Stress = binge eating = fat in all the wrong places = stress = starve + workouts = lack of sleep = stress!

17) Your need for ‘ME’ time will always be inversely proportional to the actual ‘ME’ time you get.

18) Your system has more coffee than blood running through it to keep you alive!

19) You’re going to have nostalgic moments more often because SRK himself said “Kal ho na ho”, so what’s the point in talking about the future!?

20) You miss your parents now more than ever because no matter how old you get, they let you be this horrible, cranky, weepy kid that gets what it wants!

21) Plans of catching up with friends are like the New Year resolutions that never materialize!

22) You feel out of place at most places!

23) You find yourself asking the bartender to brew a mug of coffee to help you survive those loud parties you SO hate!

24) Your choices don’t embarrass you anymore because you see the brighter side of being the odd one out!

25) You begin to feel more comfortable in your own skin because you know it can’t get better than NOW!

26) You have this urge to do crazy things on an impulse even if it involves breaking a dozen rules! For instance, stealthily climbing up a rusty ladder to an elevated hoarding in office campus!

27) You begin to challenge yourself to do things you had shied away from, things you thought would make people laugh at you.

a) Gyming with the opposite sex

b) Jogging

c) Learning to ride a cycle

NOW you’re okay with that attention!

28) Insecurities are a thing of the past! You’re confident and walking with your head held high..until you slip or trip or bang into something!

29) You have this newly found wisdom that’s come from experiences and has nothing to do with the teeth you probably got extracted!

30) You feel like an Agony Aunt with the ‘been – there – done – that’ attitude when people come asking you for advice!

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I spent 30 days breaking my head over these 30 things to look out for in the 30s!!

Regardless of what I believe or anticipate, nothing beats ACTUALLY living it and living it the way I want; crazy, filmy and over the top!!

If you, my dear readers, have more to add or any experiences to share, please do so! I’d love to hear from you guys!

Cheers!