Flip flop, I can’t believe in just over two weeks I’m turning T-H-I-R-T-Y!
I’ve never really had an issue with getting older, it just all seems quite surreal, I don’t feel like I’m “adulting” enough to be hitting this milestone. And like most people (I think?), I don’t feel like I have accomplished as much as I wanted to. In saying that though, I have done many things that I never thought I would do and lived to tell the tale. I for one definitely don’t give myself a pat on the back nearly enough and so here are five things that I am really proud of myself for: both big and small:
- Packing up my incredible life in Cape Town and starting from scratch in Johannesburg as one half of a newly married couple. Four years later, I can finally call Jozi home, even though Cape Town will always have a special place in my heart.t
- Making time for my friends after having a baby. I can’t express how precious my special girl gang is to me and how much their support and rude jokes get me through the tough times.
- Dan and I purchasing our first apartment and then fixer-upper home.
- Making it though the absolute horrific experience of having a miscarriage in one piece. Processing the loss took a very long time and the sadness would creep in at the most unexpected times. It’s not something I would wish on my worst enemy.
- Being a mama. You knew that one was coming, didn’t you? Raising a tiny human is not easy but I’m so proud at how well both Dan and I have parented Aria and that our marriage has remained solid, if not even more so after the last year.
My twenties were a rollercoaster of note, but I have feeling that was just the warm up, thirty, I am SO ready for you!
Want to see a few of the things I’ve been hinting to Dan that I want for my birthday/Mother’s Day/wedding anniversary (yes, they are all within two weeks of each other), well here you go:
Dear Rae half circle bracelet
Light pink classic Supergas
Mr Price Home marble canisters
Mr Price Home plant pots
The Body Shop coconut exfoliator
LUSH the comforter bubble bar
Chanel lipstick in Boy
Skin Creamery everyday cream
Nuxe dry body oil
Happy birthday month to me and happy weekend to you!
Oh PS: what do you think of the new site? Let me know in the comments…
Turning 30 (and the year that followed) was a toughie for me – I’ve never been fazed by age, but turning 30 really threw me. I wasn’t expecting to feel as low as I did. That said, I had a lot of other personal issues going on at around the same time (you know about those!), so I think that impacted it as well. Turning 31, on the other hand, was AWESOME! Sometimes I think that the ‘big’ numbers (like 21, 30, 40, etc) are often so hyped up that they can’t possibly live up to the excitement – I feel that the less-hyped ages that follow or precede them are often so much better. Case in point? My 22nd and 26th years, which were both incredible, and 31, which is turning out pretty amazing too. Anyway. Sorry for waffling! I LOVE the new site, and I adore the photographs for this post. You are more beautiful than you realise – both inside and out. Hope you get everything that’s on your wish list and more… you deserve it all! Sending so much love! xxx
Your site is gorgeous!❤️❤️ ❤️ And I loved what you said: ‘I don’t give myself a pat on the bag nearly enough’. Resonated so much with me as I rarely just stand back and say: ‘you did well’. I hope you will get all the gorgeous goodies on your wishlist xx
I LOVE the look of the new site! It’s beautiful! 🙂
Blog looks great 🙂 loving the colours!
Hope you get everything on your wishlist 🙂
P.S that is suuuuuch a beautiful picture of you!
Sargah!
What a great post, although I do think for your 30th (being a big milestone) your wish list should be a little longer 🙂 🙂
Your new site is incredible by the way! Just in time for your thirties 🙂
E xxx