Let's Go Back In Time

Why is it that in the car I always have wonderful ideas on what to blog about but when I get in front of my computer they are nowhere to be found? Happen to anyone else?

If I'm gonna be writing about my so-called 30s I suppose I should start with how I got here...

I was born... no, just kidding! I'm not going thaaat far back. I will start with this: In my teens I thought 30 was pretty old. Old in the sense that you were settled and had yer crap together. Hell, as I teen I thought the same about 24/25! I figured I'd get married at 26 or 27 then start poppin' out some babies a couple years later. No big career plans, that is for sure. I did know I wanted to be a therapist but wasn't sure how that was going to fit in as I was not ready to pursue the field right out of high school.

Anyway, cut to 24/25... Was not settled, did not have it all figured out. Well I was on my way to having it all figured out, but far from settled. Around that time I was ready to pursue my Masters in the therapy field. Art therapy as it turned out. I started my program the summer I turned 28. By that point I was extra excited for my 30s. My plan at 28 was to find the man of my dreams that year so that come 2010 I could graduate and get married.

I am a flexible kinda gal. As it turned out I did not find the man of my dreams until I was 29, so I'm off by a year, but that's okay by me.

I think having a goal is imperative, but being flexible is just as important if not more so. One of the things I want more than anything is to get married and have children (I know! So girly, right?!), however I am not at all willing to settle. Yes, I want a husband, but I would've stayed single my entire life if I did not find someone who fit my standards. I am not the settling type in that department, thank you very much.

It has been fun to reflect upon my journey to 30 along the way and presently. I had a plan as a teen, but what does one really know as a teen? In retrospect it's a bit of a limited scope. I had a plan and I had the ability to roll with life, for which I am thankful.