'30' Top Tens

Top 10 Reasons to Love Being 30:

1. It's inevitable, so why not embrace it. *smile*
2. Have left behind your twenties, you are no longer completely wet behind the ears.
3. Thirty is the new twenty. *laughing*
4. Thirty is seasoned youth. (Twenty is absolutely young, and forty is almost no longer young.)
5. Thirty means that in just a few years, I'll be finished having children. (Too much information?)
6. Thirty is less than half of the average lifespan. You probably still have most of your life ahead of you!
7. Thirty magically gives access to the "truly adult" club.
8. Thirty is the start of a new decade of life.
9. Thirty means you won't have to have a driver's license picture taken for another eight years.
10. Because you're in good company - mine!

Top 10 Reasons to Dislike Being 30:

1. You are no longer a carefree twenty-something.
2. You have to renew your driver's license which means you get to have a driver's license photo taken.
3. Everyone says thirty is the new twenty, but your age still says 30.
4. Strange things begin to happen to your body.
5. You have to act like you really are an adult.
6. It's one year closer to the end of your life. (I know, that's really morbid.)
7. You can no longer blame your character flaws on your youth.
8. You've already lived for two decades, which sounds really old.
9. Lines start etching themselves on your forehead and around your eyes.
   
10. Your children think you are really old.

Top 10 Goals for My Thirtieth Year:

1. Make my relationship with God my top priority.
2. Do a better job of showing my husband how very much I love him.
3. Play more with my babies.
4. Eat healthier.
5. Get more exercise.
6. Get control of my housework.
   
7. Be kinder and more compassionate.
8. Think of others more than myself.
9. Relax and take time to enjoy life.
10. Quit shutting people out for fear of getting hurt.