Conversations with Myself

Hi Lovelies, growing up and growing up!

Yesterday a friend came to see me.  During our chats we ended up talking about growing up.  She is in her forties and looking good.  Yet she assured me that what I was telling her is not really aging, I must wait till forties to see what aging is .  That, got me thinking.

I have talked about thirties with my friends and all of us are a bit surprised about what we seeing.

Its amazing how things have changed from the twenties to the thirties.  I guess everyone goes through this changes or maybe even just reflecting on the past years when they get to thirties.  There are shocking facts but without a doubt being in thirties is far much better than being in twenties.

For me, twenties were very spontaneous.  I was just having a ride in life and just swinging in any direction it was taking me.  Most of the times I had no clue of what I was doing.  Its out of God’s grace that everything turned out Ok!

I was not into a booze kind of lifestyle, but a lot of chatting till early hours of the morning with friends kind of life style.

I remember coming home from University and I was unpacking my bags when my sister asked me where are my facial products.  I said, ‘Oh that, I have been using my body lotion on my face this month’.  Wow, she was shocked. Are you also shocked?.  Yep, using body lotion on my face.

She gave me a lecture that changed the way I care for my skin to date.  She told me about cleanse, tone and moisturise routine.  Her lecture was a bit scary, she told me about how I’m accelerating the aging process of my skin.  I remember waking up the next morning and going to buy the facial products.  Ok well, I really never used my body lotion for my face ever, but I regularly skip the toning part.

I don’t even want to go to the issue of expanding waste line.  Bye teenage metabolism!. Its sad. I never had issues with my body. I always liked running regularly since my varsity years and I was just eating all that I wanted.  In varsity I had a good friend who was in her thirties.  She used to say there is nothing like having a good body while you exercise and eating what you like.  I used to say its just that she is obsessing with all this healthy life style.  Now I see what she was talking about.  Its just not easy to maintain my body with exercises only, I have to top up with watching what I eat.

With all that said, I got married and later had a baby in my twenties. I was by far not reckless in my twenties, but I am now 100million times better than I was in my twenties.  I have grown in many ways.

Does saying bye to teenage metabolism make me hate my thirties?.  Hell no!. Not at all. I like my thirties.  I am more comfortable with myself in my expanded waist line than I ever was in my narrow waist like. I eat way much healthier now than when I was skinnier.

This is the stage in my life when I am very conscious of my actions.  I think about what I do and the impact of my actions.  I feel more than ever that I have the power of my youth to shape my destiny.  I have the resources and information from my twenties to shape my future. I am wiser.  I have the abundance of time to fulfil my dreams in a wiser way.

Hey, what do you think of your twenties?.  Are you embracing your thirties?.  In your forties?, you are blessed.

Take care,
Nez