I have always been the type of person that needs and wants something to work towards. I like to have goals in my work life and my personal life to keep me motivated and constantly striving to be better. After a conversation on the phone with someone (lets call her Sally) I started to wonder... Does that go away once you get older? Do you stop living, striving and reaching for new things?
Life is so short. Why would you stop trying to make the most out of it? The excuse "Sally" gave me was, "I am too old for that." Maybe that's why we dread getting older. You live your whole childhood saying when I grow up I wanna do _____ (fill in the blank here) and then when we get there... we are "too old for that."? I'm not buying what you're selling. I just don't. I never want to look back and think I didn't get out of life what I wanted. I may not get everything checked off but I will know that I never stopped trying.
With my 30th birthday coming up there are a lot of things I haven't done that I want to. I haven't traveled Europe, I haven't gotten my M.B.A. , I haven't done a triathlon. But that doesn't mean I won't. Maybe I expect to much out of certain people... but I'll say it again. Life is too short. Live in the real world and make the most out of this life... challenge yourself... believe in yourself and HAVE FUN! This life is the only one, we know for sure, we get.
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30 was a tough one for me. All I have done really well is whelp a litter of fantastic kids I probably don't deserve. But I didn't think about it too much - I'm pretty sure Bryan brought me some gifts and ice cream and I was asleep by 7.
This year I turn 31. Time to get crackin'!
Don't be too hard on Sally. Some people are just...tired. To the bone.
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