May

New Old is your Late Twenties. Are you kidding???

The article was titled ‘Should I lie about my age….. AT 28?’……Being 29 this article was bound to catch my attention.

I love it when I find an article that grabs my interest. Initially seeing this I thought ‘are you bloody crazy!’.

I started to read. And according to statistics (wait for this), a quarter of British women feel ‘over the hill’ when they hit 29. It continues to describe how this narrator has a stable job, long term relationship, property, comfortable bank account and savings, and overall she is very content. However is this too comfortable?

I found myself ticking all the boxes here. Yep I have the exact same. Partying every weekend has been substituted with one night out a month (simply because I don’t so hangovers), restaurants as opposed to nightclubs and back home by 11pm, Sunday mornings reading the newspapers followed by cleaning and washing to get set for the week ahead. God even writing this I am sounding ‘settled’.

To continue on about the article it discusses should be down-age to fit it? Are we past it in our late twenties? Do we miss out on opportunities or fun because we’ve had our early twenties? Times have changed, new generations are coming through and their life seems much more interesting? To be honest my answer is NO.

I can recall two periods of my life when I felt crappy at birthdays. One was when I turned 19, simply because it is the last year of your teens and 20, to me, meant grow the hell up and take responsibility! The other was 25. Let’s face it-you are mid way and my early twenties were great fun, definitely my party times (we all have them). Hitting your late twenties is great! I’m in my dream job, have a great relationship, nice home and overall I don’t worry about ANYTHING as much as I did. You also get this sense of calm. Everything finally fits.

Please note: I still party and definitely have great times!!! (just realising how boring the above paragraph may sound)

So unlike the reader in the article I will not be down-aging, I am 29 (although recently I was told I looked 23, it really made my day) definitely not insecure about it and no one should be!

My advice: seize everyday. Life comes with many tumbles and falls but you’ll always get back up. Enjoy it!! New generations will always come, and always go…………..