I turned thirty today. Not really sure how I feel about that. I don't often think about how old I am. Others have my whole life. To them, I've always been the young guy. Even when I wasn't, people treated me like I was. I have a young face so that's part of it. I'm also interested in a lot of things that make me seem younger. Cartoons, video games, comic books and all kinds of toys. I love them still and don't plan on stopping loving them any time soon. So I've always been considered younger.
But now, I'm not really the young guy anymore. I'm not twenty something. I'm thirty. As the card my sister sent said, teenagers all over the world think I'm old.
I'm just not sure what it means to me though. I usually take time to reflect every year. I know a lot of people use New Years for that, but for me it's always been Christmas morning. I love to get up really early on Christmas morning, 3 or 4 a.m. I've been doing this ever since I was a kid and it's not because I want to dig through the presents to see what I got. I never did that... I've just always enjoyed that moment of quiet peacefulness. The Christmas lights twinkling on the tree and the silent stillness of the house. I like to lay on the couch and and think about my life and the past year. I think about the future and what's coming and what I want to come. It's a great time and something I look forward to every year.
That's how I feel today. This age just feels like a big milestone in my life. A marker on the path of where I've been and a nice place to stop and reflect on whether I'm going where I want to go. Overall, I'm extremely happy with where I am. Hard not to be really. Just thinking over everything in my life reminds me just how well things have gone. Some things have happened as a result of luck and some as a result of very hard work. I originally started typing all the great things in my life out, but I had to delete it because it looked so ridiculous all written down. I'm a pretty confident guy, but even I have some limits for how much I'll brag (really I do!).
So why did I write this post? Well, it's my birthday and I'm looking for presents of course! Really though, I know how I'm doing and I've got a good idea of where I'm going, but what I'm really curious about is where you are. I think one of my favorite things to do is the story swap. You guys are always hearing about my story, now I'm just asking you to take some time to share yours. If you think it's too much for a comment write a post and leave a link. But I'm curious, if you think about your life, how's it treating you? Tell me the good, the bad the indifferent. How did you get to where you are, are you happy you're there and where do you want to go (and what are you doing to get there)? I want to know it all!
So if you have a little time and want to give me a little birthday present, share a little and tell me just how is life treating you?