What 30 Means to Me

I'll be 25 years old this coming April...five years away from the big 3-0. I still have a little ways to go, but I've always thought 30 was the big age. I've always said, "If you don't have it together by the time you're 30, well then it probably just isn't going to happen."

Recently I came across a little book that I find absolutely amazing.

Thirty Things Every Woman Should Have and Should Know by the Time she's 30, complete with commentary. Turns out I'm not the only young woman who had a mental list of things I wanted by the time I was 30.

When I was 18, I figured I would graduate college at 22 and probably marry the guy I met in college a year later. I figured at 24 I'd have my first child and at the age of 25 I'd have my perfect career, my family started and everything going for me. Not to mention I'd have my masters degree by my 25th birthday as well.

So where am I on this mental checklist I had? Ha- I've got the college degree. And I was just recently accepted into the Master of Communication Program at Queens University. Two years shy of my goal of being completed at 25, but at least I've got the ball rolling!

If anything, reading this book has made me realize that life is a constant process. We can try and make all the lists of thinking where we should be at a certain point in our lives- but I can tell you it rarely works that way. I’m the same person I was 15 years ago. My feelings and thoughts are the same. Of course I’ve grown and matured and learned a couple things along the way, but I’m still Maegen. Still the same shy little girl.

Growing up I thought time and age changed everything. I thought by the time I would turn 30, I’d have everything I wanted and that 30 was actually kinda old. Now I think it’s the perfect age. I’ve still got 5 more years to go before I’m 30, but I can’t wait to see where life and my experiences take me.