Looks like as of tomorrow it will be my birthday and fortunately/unfortunately I will be the ripe old age of thirty. Ahh the dreaded thirty. Now most people would be off in a corner somewhere, cowering, crying about how the days of old have passed them by and that what lies ahead is nothing but misery, aching bones and eating jell-o in a nursing home. (though the whole jell-o thing does not sound as bad as they make it out to be).
But what I plan to do on my thirty is start re-living life on my terms. By actually going out and finding and creating adventures. This year I'll be spending my birthday traveling to Key West. I thought to myself, "Hey Greg, you don't know how to swim...so let's place you in a place that is literally surrounded by water."[Side note: I will have a life jacket on, I have been trying to psych myself up that all I will do is just jump in the water and instinctively start swimming. If not, well luckily I will have someone there to grab me if I should fail.]
Even though I might want to groan and gripe about being thirty, I really don't have anything to gripe about. Physically I'm thinner and in better shape than when I was in high school. I'm active and focused. I have a great small circle of friends and feel that things can only get better. And have a list of goals and things I want to accomplish as fast as I can.
Just because a birthday signifies another year passing, doesn't mean we have to sit there and stare at the sand in the hourglass waiting for that last grain to drop. Birthday are like mile makers on a jogging route. They are there to remind us how far we've made it and to know there's more to come.
So I raise a glass to my thirtieth...and hope to experience many more.
But what I plan to do on my thirty is start re-living life on my terms. By actually going out and finding and creating adventures. This year I'll be spending my birthday traveling to Key West. I thought to myself, "Hey Greg, you don't know how to swim...so let's place you in a place that is literally surrounded by water."[Side note: I will have a life jacket on, I have been trying to psych myself up that all I will do is just jump in the water and instinctively start swimming. If not, well luckily I will have someone there to grab me if I should fail.]
Even though I might want to groan and gripe about being thirty, I really don't have anything to gripe about. Physically I'm thinner and in better shape than when I was in high school. I'm active and focused. I have a great small circle of friends and feel that things can only get better. And have a list of goals and things I want to accomplish as fast as I can.
Just because a birthday signifies another year passing, doesn't mean we have to sit there and stare at the sand in the hourglass waiting for that last grain to drop. Birthday are like mile makers on a jogging route. They are there to remind us how far we've made it and to know there's more to come.
So I raise a glass to my thirtieth...and hope to experience many more.
