By Lamis Medhat El-Fayoumi

Turning thirty is considered a huge taboo in our society, particularly if you’re a female. You may find yourself facing two opposite and different feelings. The first is your fear of becoming old to the extent of avoiding to look at yourself in the mirror in order not to notice any initial signs of aging or any slight difference in your overall appearance. The second is an optimistic sense of freedom as if you’re reborn; you start loving and appreciating your life as it is.

I personally thought that reaching 30 would be the end of  the world as I know it, specially if I still have’t found my soul mate. My biological clock would be ticking fast bringing me closer and closer to my expiry date. But when I did in fact turn 30, I soon realized that it may be the beginning of my life, not the end! I began to feel that there are a lot of experiences I haven’t been through before, many places I still have to visit and many things I still need to learn. I felt the need to balance my time between my work, social life and my family .

While you’re facing “the thirty ghost”, you will experience unprecedented feelings of freedom, freedom from all the bonds and restrictions you faced before. You will be free from your fear of chasing a specific career, chasing happiness with a specific person or waiting for them to give you the fairy tale love story you’ve always dreamed of. Your relentless attempts to please everyone around you, to seek material gains or to wait for specific things to happen when you know they probably never will, all start to seem unimportant. You will discover that there’s hardly time to wait or that you no longer have the ability to wait! All you’ll be striving for is happiness, peace of mind and grasping the real meaning of inner peace.

The age of thirty represents an intellectual and emotional maturity stage that will teach you how to reduce the drama level in your life. It will teach you how to bravely handle the painful situations in your life. It will even teach you not to expect anything from anyone, or in other words, how to lower your expectations.

Many people feel the changes that occur after turning 30. Whether those changes have to do with the age 30 or not, people still realize with time that they gained of a lot of experience which helped them differentiate between what makes them happy and what doesn’t. They know which dreams to chase irrespective of others’ recommendations, or regardless how they may affect their image in society.

Another advantage of the age 30 is that it teaches you that you will not discover your passion or direction in life until you’ve gained plenty of experience. 

Thirty year old females may already be familiar with men’s tricks from constantly gossiping with their married girlfriends. They know how to deal with them and how to emerge victorious. Thirty year old females become more rational and well balanced. According to scientists, females within this particular age group or even a bit older are favored by men because this is when their femininity ripens. So how can unmarried 30 year old women be sad or have negative sorry feelings towards themselves?!

 

Finally, to those who fear this age, you will discover that age is just a number. You will be feeling like a kid inside; WELCOME Thirty!