This is the Pursuit of Wellness Podcast and I just turned 30 years old on May 25th

30 feels like a big milestone it feels like a big milestone. It feels like a big number. When you tell people you're turning 30, it's like, oh my gosh, how are you feeling? Are you nervous? You know, I've heard other people say that they have mental breakdowns or feel really stressed about the number.

I didn't have that reaction. Maybe it's delayed, but I feel really good about turning 30. I feel the most like confident and

at peace and in love with myself than I ever have before and I feel really

feel really different now than I did when I was turning 29.

I think when I was turning 29 I was a lot more wrapped up in things that didn't truly matter whether that was like body

image or you know the way I looked or just feeling very like internally anxious and not really being in the moment and

turning 30 this year I feel very very present and I felt like you know something I've always wanted in my life was a good community.

And I feel like now more than ever I have that community that I've always wanted.

I have some of the best friends I've ever had in my life. I feel a much more sense of balance as well. I don't feel like my whole life is work anymore. I feel like I'm getting to know myself on such a deeper level. So in this

episode I really wanted to talk about things I'm leaving in my 20s and things that

I want to bring into my 30s with some lessons I've made along the way or

realizations I've had and I thought this might be helpful because I know you guys listening

many of you are between the age of like 25 to 35, you know, my age range.

So without further ado, let's get into some of these lessons. Let's start with things that I want to leave in my 20s. The top one being, and this might sound silly, fill in the blank for whatever this applies to in your life, but I said worrying about my skin.

So skin could be body could be anything could be height could be any sort of perception you might worry about

worrying about my skin or what people think of me I think a really good example is just like the amount of time and

energy I've spent worrying about my skin and being vulnerable and you know not wearing

makeup or being around people who might look at my skin or what they

might think and not them not understanding and I've spent so much time and energy and emotion worrying about that and it has never mattered to anyone.

That's like the big realization that I've had.

Even going on my birthday trip to Mexico, I spent so many days prior worrying about what are people going

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