turning 30
a friend recently passed me a book... with a rather revealing, painful title.
"turning thirty"
it's a book by mike gayle.
i would have normally refused such book cos...it implied many assumptions that should just stay ambiguosly assumed and unspoken.
but to my horrror of aaalllll horrors!!! i extended my hand and took the book.
my resistance was only a mere shadow of what it used to be couple of years ago...where i would never be caught dead browsing at the self help aisle of any book shop. something to do with pride and society's obessession of being happy and "allright" 24/7... or at least appearing to do so.
somehow, something has changed along the way( that's another blog enytry altogether,)
i'm no longer the person i used to be... this should really be read as a neutral-process. not bad,not good...just is. ya know.
turning thirty is not really an official self helpbook... but it's a book that falls under the category of getting to know yourself better..which is a little like self help.
anyways....my acceptance of this book (which i've yetto read yet) i guess kinda tells me that maybe i am now getting better asking and accepting help from others. acknowledging that i have my weaknesses and that it's ok to be weak sometimes, without beating myself up over my vulnerabilities...
that sometimes it's ok not to know and yet toss myself into the wind...
maybe it does have somethg to do with turning 30.
i dunno
...but let the countdown begin.
"turning thirty"
it's a book by mike gayle.
i would have normally refused such book cos...it implied many assumptions that should just stay ambiguosly assumed and unspoken.
but to my horrror of aaalllll horrors!!! i extended my hand and took the book.
my resistance was only a mere shadow of what it used to be couple of years ago...where i would never be caught dead browsing at the self help aisle of any book shop. something to do with pride and society's obessession of being happy and "allright" 24/7... or at least appearing to do so.
somehow, something has changed along the way( that's another blog enytry altogether,)
i'm no longer the person i used to be... this should really be read as a neutral-process. not bad,not good...just is. ya know.
turning thirty is not really an official self helpbook... but it's a book that falls under the category of getting to know yourself better..which is a little like self help.
anyways....my acceptance of this book (which i've yetto read yet) i guess kinda tells me that maybe i am now getting better asking and accepting help from others. acknowledging that i have my weaknesses and that it's ok to be weak sometimes, without beating myself up over my vulnerabilities...
that sometimes it's ok not to know and yet toss myself into the wind...
maybe it does have somethg to do with turning 30.
i dunno
...but let the countdown begin.
posted by mypurpleink at 1:17 PM
3 Comments:
Hey! I read that book during my Mike Gayle days.
Age is just a number lah, don't let it get to you! 30 is the new 20. Ha.
Look at me, I'm 65 now but as curious as ever!
yes, i do enjoy the prospect of turning 20 again.
ha ha ah!
thanks for your kind words curious george... i wanna grow up to be like you.
me :)
hi hi hi
listen- the beauty of turning 30 or in my case 40, is that the asian in us makes us look 15 years younger ;)
my husband is 10 years younger than i and no one is the wiser (of course now i told the whole entire WORLD LOL)
age is as curious george aptly explained - just a number.
when you start living old you start becoming old
live young, enjoy life, be profound, be spiritual, smile often - it will bring back to you vitality that surpasses any "fountain of youth" or botox ;)
~bunnihuggles~
ps you look like you're 16 anyways!
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