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A Guidebook to the Reality of Turning 30
Remember that Jennifer Gardner moving, 13 Going on 30? Where a young Jenna Rink yearns to be a bit less gawky and a whole lot more “30, flirty, and thriving”
Because in Jenna’s mind, along with many other teens, being 30 means you have it all together. Your career is at the top of its game, you’re in the best shape of your life, and you’re an adult that has it all figured out.
Hah. Haha. Hahahaha.
Well, you’re either coming on thirty, past thirty, or right smack dab in the middle of journeying into the 3rd decade of your life.
Either way, one thing is for sure, life sure as hell doesn’t look like what we pictured it would be when we were younger.
But I don’t think that’s a bad thing. As long as we all know we’re not alone, that things will be ok, and that there’s a bit of a guiding hand along the way, we’ll all get through this reasonably unharmed.
It’s ok if your career isn’t what you pictured
How in the world were we supposed to know that majoring in Art History would end up not being useful in the real world — you know unless you ended up as a museum curator?
And if you tried to give marketing a shot and ended up not being able to care less about promoting a…
