Turning Thirty: My InTHIRpretation


On the 3rd of September 2018, as the sun set on my second decade, (and my kindred spirit Beyonce was turning 37) I started to consider how, as my twenties ended, the lens I viewed life through was no longer the same. In my mind's eye, it is akin to sitting in the optician's chair watching the images blend and blur, when you eventually regain your focus, things are not as they were. In line with my ardour for alliteration and love for little links, I will describe three things I have learned during my transition from twenty to thirty.



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As we amble through adolescence our minds are conditioned to consider what other people’s perception of us might be. This thought then traipses with us into our twenties when, in my experience it steadily shed significance as time passed by. I have been inspired by people who follow their passion and challenge the confines of their comfort zone without worrying about what others will think. In general, I think it is human nature to be predominantly concerned with the self.

 Most of the time we are primarily concerned with ourselves and what is impacting our life at a particular moment in time. I am fairly certain that if Twitter had a "trending" list of live human thoughts, the majority would feature the pronouns "I" OR "me".  The majority of us have enough going on in our lives without becoming fixated on anyone else's. The only people I seek validation from are myself and those who love me, because they are the ones impacted by my decisions, the ones who genuinely care. 


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Thousands of thoughts travel though our heads every single day, do you think they are all true? 
I have adopted the projector approach to sift through every one that lingers a little longer in my head. As each thought comes into focus, I decide whether I agree with it and it can either stay there or I can move on to the next slide. Another useful filter I use is my heart. I channel certain thoughts through it to decipher what I deem to be genuine and what I do not. 

 We have so many thoughts about ourselves that could very easily discourage us from following our goals. As I have mentioned previously, I find gratitude very important when it comes to setting a positive mindset for the day. The benefit of this is twofold because it also keeps negativity at bay. When I appreciate what I have, I attract more positivity into my life. 
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I'm not talking about upping sticks and moving to Walford Square, I mean focusing on where you want to be five years from now. As an avid listener of the Pat Divilly podcast, I was particularly intrigued by this iceberg analogy.

On the surface, the tip of this formidable, frozen fragment is visible, but there are so many ideas suppressed underneath. Traditionally, our twenties are a time for exploration, adventure and change. For me, turning thirty signalled the time to start implementing what I had learned. This involved immersing myself under water to discover what lies beneath. 

I want to incorporate the things I love in my everyday life. I have found my passion, I plan on pursuing it and putting myself out there. I am content with my current life situation because I am consistently working towards my next goal. I don't need changes to happen instantly, I just need them to occur over time. I am happy with what I have while I am working towards what I want. 


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