Someone told me your 30s are actually better than your 20s. In your 20s you're anxious because you still haven't managed to find a job other than fast food, you still can't afford to move out, you have no idea what you want to do with your life, and everything out.
I really hope 30s are better.
Granted, sometimes life issues get in the way, but I'd have to agree with that sentiment. My 20s were not necessarily "bad," but I have a much better sense of where I'm going and what I want -- and whether I give two craps about what someone else thinks, lol. It's a more comfortable and powerful feeling. While there is always the possibility of job loss, etc., I feel I'm much more emotionally, mentally and honestly financially prepared to deal with something like that. I've had a measure of career success, so I feel a whole lot more confident about the potential success of some plan I want to make. I don't get "bottomed out" by things like I did when I was in my early 20s. And I can honestly say that as someone who's had a round of getting rid of a cancer threat as well as going through a divorce in my thirties. Even still, it's been better because I deal with things much better. So far, so good!
Armand, I guess the whole "looking like a college student" thing is in the eye of the beholder, lol. My boy is doing great -- 14 1/2 years old now, hitting a big growth spurt, so eating everything in sight. He went from being just under my height to five inches taller than me in less than a year -- ugh!
