* Someone found my blog by searching for “you are the dummest smart person I know.” Oh, irony, you make me laugh.
* My friend wants to start a business but is scared to do it. We had a big talk about it, and I tried to tell her that she is an extremely smart person, much smarter than a lot of people who have their own successful businesses, so she shouldn’t be afraid to try. However, it came out as, “People a lot dumber than you have started their own business.” Oops. Not what I meant.
* My friend still likes me and actually said that she thinks about my advice when she feels nervous to make herself better.
* I turn 30 in less than a month.
* Should I be freaking out or having a mid-life crisis? I have barely even thought about it. I don’t even know what presents I would life for my birthday or how I want to celebrate.
* Oh, do you think I can make H get me two presents? One from him, and one from B? But then I would have to get H two presents when it’s his birthday, wouldn’t I? Dang it. Never mind. I don’t even know what I want, so I don’t know why I’m getting excited about the idea of two presents.
* I remember sitting around with my two best friends in college and talking about the future. I predicted that I would be the last of us three to get married and that I wouldn’t get married until I was 30. Both my friends laughed and said I would get married much younger. They were right; I was the first one of us three to get married. I was 26.
* I never wrote a list of things I wanted to do before I turned 30, and I’m ok with that. I feel like I’ve done a lot of things that I have wanted to do. Maybe I’m not that adventurous, or maybe I’ve never really thought about what I want to do.
I’m laughing at the “dumber than you” comment. My sister has a tendency to say that to me, like, “Does that makeup help with your oily face?” instead of, “That powder really makes you glow.”
You should NOT be freaking our or having a mid-life crisis. Take it from someone who just turned 40 and has never been happier: life only gets better as you age.
And you should totally go for two presents.
If you start having mid-life crises now, then the crisis you have when you turn 40 won’t seem as special.
I never made a list either, for pretty much the same reasons. I’m OK with it.
It’s funny; I just realized yesterday that your 30th birthday is coming up! I read an old post of yours (that was linked in something else old that I was reading), and in it, you were about to turn 28. Also, you were asking H for a specific present, and he told you that present was not enough. So I think you could totally get away with asking for two presents. He will probably see your two and raise you a third. He’s nice like that, right?
Yeah, that present thing is a catch 22. I feel like I’m always sticking my foot in my mouth. I recently told my good SINGLE friend that I was excited to be in my cousins wedding because it would probably be the last wedding I would be in. Um…yeah.
She still likes me too. AMAZING.
I didn’t make a list either, but I made a list of things to accomplish in my 30s. Mostly because I was thinking of making my “things to do by the time I turn 30 list” when I was 29 and I am lazy and don’t have a lot of free time. I’m actually kind of impressed that “buy a house”, which was on the list, was accomplished the year after I turned 30.
30 is great! 31 on the other hand kind of blows. As I imagine 32 will as well. We need more milestones in the 30s.
I will probably make that list, but only because I like lists. And my dad ALWAYS used to say that “dumber people than you” bit to me. I found it funny and comforting. I mean, very few people feel as smart as they actually are, so telling someone that they’re smart is asking them to use their imagination a little bit. BUT. Telling someone that they are smarter than many people is just a fact. Easier to digest.
This comment makes me sound like a tool. You know what I meant, right? Right???
Sigh. Maybe I need more coffee this morning.
30 was not a big deal for me…I thought it would be, and then that it wouldn’t be, and back again…now I’m 30 and I feel that that age actually kind of fits me better.
My co-worker made a list a month ago with things that she accomplished between 30-35 (she’ll be 35 tomorrow). The list she’s working on now are things she wants to do before she’s 36–like ‘get married’ except she’s still single. It’s kind of odd and I’m totally judging her, but I can see the benefit of making a list of accomplishments if you’re in a list making mood.
30 is no big deal. Enjoy it.
But hell yeah, you should get two presents.
Don’t know if I’ve commented before . . . but let me give a shout out for 30! I am 30 and 9 months or something, and even the economy hasn’t dimmed the goodness of being in my 30s. I like it. It’s been fine. I had my baby boy at 29, just like you, and he just gets more and more fun to be around. My 30s will bring on a couple of siblings for him, they bring on law school and lots of exciting things. You’ll love it.
I didn’t do a list or anything, but I did feel like I wanted to start my new decade having done something good for the world. So for my 30th birthday I had my husband buy me a spot in the Bone Marrow Donor List (it costs $55, I think partly as a deterrant for people who really aren’t serious about being donors, and also you pay for your own DNA testing.) I got lots of stuff from friends and my parents and things, but that was my favorite present.
Lists like that just make you feel bad about yourself.
We’re not even gonna go there on the age thing.
I cried when I turned 30, and now I would really like to be 30 again.
Birthdays=presents
The Farm Boy usually gets me more than one present… and then he has to help the kids buy some too. Score for me.
Hold out for at least two, but I say work it for more. Besides, Father’s Day is coming up. You need to keep the gift ratio advantage on your side.
I have no idea what that means, except that I’m extremely greedy when it comes to gifts… and I think I’m okay with that. Yeah. I am.
p.s. you’re totally awesome and accomplished for almost 30. Celebrate.
I don’t think I’ll have a crisis about turning 30 either. Certainly not a requirement.
Do not fear the 30! I’m almost in my 4th year and I love it. You can get away with alot more s*it. You can use bad language and fart and wear stilletos with your pajamas and people go “Oooh, she’s not nuts, she’s 30!”
I never made that sort of list either. Also, I think you should get two presents for your birthday.