I don't think it's the number... it's the time period. And it wasn't a magical change that happened at 30 for me, it was a little earlier than that but who the hell wanted to explain that to him? And now you've got me doin it! People just have various time periods of life and just like they go through the high school time or college years or whatever the 30's are a pretty damn good time. And I think the 30's are unlike the 20's. You don't care about what people think as much as when you were in your 20's and you're done trying to "find yourself" as much anymore. You're more relaxed. You're more easygoing. And then at 40? It's even better cause I have no filter anymore and I don't give a fk what anyone says or thinks. I do what I want, I say what I want, I go where I want. If I get fired tomorrow then so be it! If I get divorced tomorrow then that was in the cards. I'll find a replacement. It's just how the world is.
Find a replacement... you're so romantic <3
I am in my mid to late 30s which makes go "eww" when I write it but I can tell you this, life is considerably better now than it was in my mid to late 20s. I have some hope that life in my 40s will be even better (and that life in my 50s will be even better than that - etc.)
I screwed shit up in an unbelievably spectacular fashion at the end of my 20s. It's taken me 6 years to "fix" it. It's still not totally fixed but its better. Life definitely does not end at 30, even if you blow it up completely and end up jobless, penniless, friendless and homeless on your 30th birthday as I was.