Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. ~Mark Twain

In approximately 30 days I will be 30. Yep, thirty.
In a lot of ways this fact seems unreal to me and when I say it out loud, I feel like I’m telling a joke.
How did I get to 30, and so fast!? I don’t feel 30, I certainly don’t act 30, and from what people tell me, I don’t even look 30. But, regardless of the stigma that is generally attached to this age, I am surprisingly okay with this fact. It could just be a serious case of denial, but I feel like I’ve whole heartedly conceded to the notion of “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.” – I can’t slow down or stop time or rewind time and then press pause on age 23 (though I dream of that almost daily) so, I’ve decided I’m gonna live up every year I have, exploring, learning and loving.
Now, this generally uncommon peace with turning 30 definitely didn’t happen naturally or over night. Actually, I think I hit the trauma of it all prematurely - when I turned 29. It was a rough birthday because I knew and feared what was just 1 short year away! But, after having a year to reflect on all of this and having some great examples of 30 year old attitudes (some positive, some negative – both very educational) I am totally and completely okay with this new big, round number.
All in all, I have found that there is no good reason that I can think of to put on my bitterpants on my next birthday just because of a number. It’s not like I was cheated out of anything or that life is doing me wrong in anyway- it’s just doing the same thing to me that it has done, or will do to everyone else! At the same time, I’m also not going to try and claim that 30 is the new 20. It’s not. 30 is old.
Instead of worrying about the amount of years I’ve spent on this earth, I am going to love them and look forward to even more of them!
So cheers to 30 - and hopefully to 30 more!

So This is the New Year..

January 2009 is a month I have been looking forward to for awhile now -mostly due to an upcoming cruise I'm going on which departs in about 2 weeks - but as this new year got closer, I've reflected on the past year over the last week or so more deeply and thoroughly than I have in any of the years before.

2008 was a good year. I started a new good job, I had a few great little adventures and I experienced the highest highs and the lowest lows spiritually and emotionally of my life.

Because of that I learned a lot valuable things about myself, but it was exhausting! It feels fantastic to be starting a new week, a new month and a new year - for the first time ever New Year's really does feel like a fresh start.
Part of this fresh start feeling included a move I made this week. I moved just a few blocks away from my old house, so I'm still downtown SLC and really close to work, but it's with a friend - Megann Reece aka Slim of Team Hardcore! It feels great to be living with a good friend again.

Anyway, as new years day went by I couldn't help but ponder throughout the day on what this new year will bring. I considered many things, jobs, grad school possibilities, travels, relationships, adventures, personal development etc. but strangely enough, none of them included an electrical fire starting inside the wall of my new home at 11:30pm on new years day.


I was extremely blessed to be home, awake and in the room that the fire started in so it could be quickly extinguished. The fire started and seemed to be contained to the inside of an outlet box right beside my bed. Although we were fairly certain the fire was completely out within the walls, we called the fire department to come examine the situation and help us figure out why it started and how to prevent future possibilities of our house burning down. We learned that luckily the problem wasn't too major and with the help of an electrician could be easily remedied.




Needless to say, the whole experience was quite an adventure.. and if it was a foreshadowing for the events of 2009, it should be quite the year!