Part 3: 30, Flirty and Thriving

A self portrait photo series

This is part 3 of my my 3-part photo series. I'm turning 30 soon. It's kind of a big deal, after turning 13, 16, 18, and 21. I really love my 20s and still wish I could look like I'm 23. But I'm not, so I reminiscing on my younger years, remembering my 20s, and celebrating this new decade!

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It's my birthday today! I'm officially 30 (cue Bo Burnam singing, "30"). Us elder millennials wills joke that we were born and lived through the 1900s! No joke, I really wish I was still in my [early} 20s. I wish I had that metabolism, that optimistic curiosity of the world, wish I still was bright-eyed and full of dreams of living in NYC or somewhere abroad.

Now I'm 30, married and a homeowner, the last two I thought would actually never happen! So those were unexpected/unplanned surprises in my mind's plan. I actually traveled a bit in my 20s (London, Dublin, France (twice), Mexico, Jamaica), but I definitely wish I could have gone more. Of course, when you are starting life you need money. Which as a journalist right out of college, I did not have! I was just scrapping by.

I'm pretty sad my youth is slipping away. Some days, I feel like I didn't get all I could out of it. Sometimes I wish I could change some scenarios. But then, I wouldn't be where I am today, and I really like where I am right now (especially because as of publishing this post, I will exploring castles and Christmas markets in France).

Thanks for the lessons and memories, 20s! I'm ready and excited to see what my 30s have in store!