I have lofty goals for this year. It is to be my year of action. My year of change.
Big things, small things – I’m ready to tackle them all.
I feel like someone who is looking up and realizing for the first time that the sky goes on and on, and I can follow it anywhere. I can fly.
Then I hear that voice. Small. Insistent. Taunting. “What if you fall?” And all the fears that tether me to the ground come crashing down on me.
But for the first time in my life I do not care. I am ready to fight back against those fears. Unwilling to allow them to tie me down any longer.
I suspect this new strength is firmly attached to the fact I am turning 30 at the end of this month.
It might sound crazy, but even though I’ve been married for 10 years, and I have a nine-year-old daughter, there is a part of me that hasn’t felt like a grown-up. Sure, I pay bills, and take care of my family, and do my taxes – all of those grown-up things – but that less-than-grown-up part of me has yet to reach out and really take control of my life.
I realize that 30 isn’t old. Not even close. But it is certainly old enough to get moving, and stop waiting around for life to happen.
Sometimes I will stumble, and sometimes I will fall. Life will not be perfect. I will not be perfect. That is okay. What I will be is so much better than perfect. I will be alive. I will be strong. I will move forward and embrace change.
I will not let fear tether me to the ground. I will fly.
xo
Tracie
Great post, Tracie! If we don’t take risks, how will we ever reach those goals? Go for it!
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Thanks Adrienne!
I appreciate your encouragement.
And you are absolutely right. Without risk, we can never reach those goals.
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I am so excited for you and your 30s. I started mine out with the same mentality and it has really changed my life. I am so HAPPY now. Even on the bad days when things are unbearable I have this peace, because I know I’m moving along. When you realize it’s okay to fall… it’s your ticket to freedom, really. Blessings to you, Tracie! You deserve them!
Thank you, Meagan. I’m really looking forward to my 30s. Although there was a funny moment this week when I was watching an old episode of Full House with my daughter – the whole episode was about the dad turning 30, and how he couldn’t even say the number. For just a minute there, I felt old.
I’m looking forward to the happy, the peace, and most of all the freedom!
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You can fly. And you will fall. But then you’ll get up and fly again.
I’m in such a similar spot this year. Trying so hard for so much change and chasing goals I’ve only dreamed about in years past. I know we both can do it.
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YES! We can both do it!!
Here’s to a great 2013, and the realization of dreams and goals.
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Happy birthday!! I turn 30 in April, and I can’t wait. I’ve always loved birthdays, and I’m so happy with where I am in life. Mama always said, a woman is at her best in her 30s. Bring it on!!
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Thank you Jaclyn! Happy early birthday to you.
Bring on the 30s!!
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Tracie, I loved this post. My one word for this year is Dare. That quote of Georgia O’Keefe’s is going to be my mantra for this year. If you cannot dare and try, then you will never know, right?
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I love that your word is dare. That is awesome.
I also love that you are going to use that quote as your mantra this year. That rocks my face off.
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My life was just beginning at 30. Go for it Tracie!!
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Thanks for the encouragement, Jennie!
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Beautiful! I turn 30 in March. I’m hoping it will be the start of something great for me!
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Happy early birthday to you!
I hope it really is the start of something great. We can have the best 30s ever!
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Love this wisdom: “What I will be is so much better than perfect. I will be alive. I will be strong. I will move forward and embrace change.”
Yes. Better than perfect!
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Thank you. So much.
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I know exactly what you mean! In fact, I recently wrote about how I often let my fears hold me back. But that gets us nothing but regrets! I am glad you are going for it! And oh, to be turning 30 again! It goes so fast!! But it isn’t so bad. My 30s have been great!
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I’m happy to hear you have been having great 30s. You are so right that allowing our fears to hold us back just ends in regrets.
Here’s to more action and less regrets!
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I too am facing 30 and don’t think I’m yet an adult, or seen as one. But as I’ve often said, when I was a child, there were adults my age!
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Those adults really were our age. It is hard to believe, but true.
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I am looking forward to watching you soar, my friend. Happy Birthday!
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Thank you, Liz!!
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You, my dear, are incredible. Enjoy 30; it’s really not that bad.
Happy birthday, my new friend.
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Thank you, Corinne!
I’m feeling pretty excited about this new world with a 3 in the front of my age. It is a good thing.
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You go girl!! I am turning 36 in two weeks and I feel much the same. Sometimes I think I am too old to find success in my lofty goals, but then I think that’s a stupid thing to think and I try again.
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Thanks, Stacy! Happy almost birthday to you!
I love that you challenge your thinking and then try again. That is awesome.
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