I just celebrated my birthday and to be honest, the last few years I've been experiencing the "getting-too-close-to-30" feeling. I don't know if you're like me, but when I get a year older I always add a year on top of that- lol! So when I turned 28- in my head- I was already 29. Weird, I know. But as strange as it sounds, once I turned 29 and accepted that it was my last year in my 20's, something in me changed.

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Maybe it's because I want to enjoy my final year before I turn 30, but it also feels calming because the closer I get to it, the more I realize it's not as big of a deal as I've made it out to be in my head. I listened to "What I Know For Sure" by Oprah on Audible, and honestly, it came at the perfect time.

When I started listening to the audiobook, I had no idea that she would cover the fear of aging and how much anxiety surrounds it as you get older. Hearing someone like Oprah explain her thought process on the topic and how she feels about her birthdays was seriously so eye-opening.

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Here is an excerpt from the book I truly love:

"You’re not the same woman you were a decade ago; if you’re lucky, you’re not the same woman you were last year. The whole point of aging, as I see it, is change. If we let them, our experiences can keep teaching us about ourselves. I celebrate that. Honor it. Hold it in reverence. And I’m grateful for every age I’m blessed to become."

That really hit home for me because all I've been doing when it gets close to my birthday is seriously dread the number going up, instead of looking back and realizing wow, I've come a long way as a human being. If you were to ask me if I would rather be the 19-year old or the present day version, I would run towards 29 and never look back.

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Getting to wake up every day is a miracle itself. As Oprah mentioned in the book, so many people aren't lucky enough to experience turning 65, 21, or even 5.

Woah, I didn't intend for this post to be this deep- ha! But I hope if you think the same way I used to- and sometimes still do- this helped to lighten some of that weight we put on our own shoulders.

With all of that being said, hello 29! I can't wait to see what this year has to offer.

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