OK, OK, I’m 30, I accept. This birthday of mine was a difficult one to swallow. It’s a big, round number. I did spend my birthday sulking, although my lovely husband was trying so hard to make it a special day for me. The concept of entering into a new decade of my life should be exciting, but compared to my twenties, I’m not sure what my thirties will hold. I had so many goals in my twenties, and I accomplished a lot. Looking into this next decade, I just don’t see what will be in store for me. If you’ll humor me, I’ll reminisce into the past 10 years to illustrate.
I graduated from high school a day after my 20th birthday (I went back late due to having Chelsea and all), I graduated from university four years later, and then graduated with my CA three years after that. I definitely accomplished a lot of schooling. I started my career as a CA student and moved up to manager. And I did all this while raising a daughter (with a lot of help from some amazing people in my life). I met and married my best friend. We had another baby.
There was a lot of stuff I accomplished in the past 10 years. As I look forward, I just don’t see the same level of goals over the next 10.
What I am realizing is that I am entering a new phase in my life. A phase that needs to accept a slower pace. I chose to slow down and have more children because we wanted that blessing from God. I chose to slow down because before you know it, Chelsea will be off to university and I want to be there for her in these critical years of her life. I chose to slow down because I love my family and I want to be the wife that God has designed me to be, and the mother that God wants me to be.
I guess that cannot say that I will not accomplish much over the next 10 years. Speaking truth into my children’s lives is accomplishment. Being a godly wife is accomplishment. I need to shift my view of what accomplishment is. I have succeeded in so many of my goals; now I need to press on as I have so many more goals to go… and I have a feeling they’ll be a lot more challenging than in the past 10 years.
