this is weird

I got a pep talk from my friend slash boss at work about how awesome thirties are compared to twenties

it was nice <3

welcome to thirty

its just like twenty

mostly???

people seem to think you're more responsible and i guess that's ok.

ahahahaha ty

honestly I'm looking forward to that

anyway its not so bad. you know what a saturn return is?

no!

idk how much you astrology, but in astrological terms, you're not a "true" adult until saturn returns to where it was in your birthchart.

which is every 30 years. so the crisis surrounding 30 is generally referred to as a saturn return, a sort of youthful karmic retribution.

welcome to this next sparkling decade

As a recent thirty-recruit, I feel you

oh I am so okay with that saturn return thing

I have felt like a legit Fake Adult all through my twenties

so you deal with all the follies of youth and move into adulthood.

they have been a shitshow of health problems and existential crises

but I've got high hopes for my thirties

because it's what's demanded of you, i suppose. and if you deal with it right, and help yourself through it.

each and every saturn return after that is easier.

makes you more worldly.

there's names for each, i think? ANYWAY IT HELPED ME A LOT when i reached 30.

man, legitimately thank you for that.

I don't put much stock in astrology as a thing, but I think there's human wisdom tied up in the interpretations

yeah telling of the human experience in astrological allegories is definitely there.

but its nice to know that its been around that long

haha yes

I occasionally think about the Spartans

all the men were required to serve in the military till they turned thirty, right?

there's a precedent for starting your adult calling at thirty

Welcome to thirty! Yes, the thirties are far better than the twenties

Though it took me six months to twig on

Happy Katday!

Thank you guys!

Yeah, Dilly, I'm subscribing to that newsletter early

it helps to have so many friends who can say so definitively

honestly I feel a lot more together in my 30s than my 20s? Like I'm like "ok so I have a job and I'm trying to move up in that and I'm being responsible" and its nice

That seems to be the resounding chorus!

man I'm looking forward to that 'having my shit together' thing, lol

Or you realise you don't really have shit together but you got through a whole decade that way so eh, you're going to survive that way a little longer

Happy Birthday anyway, jkatkina! /Optional!HUGS

XD oh crap dilly, you may have the right of it

at least for the first couple of years

Autistic_Ace: g'aww, thank you!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, i'm 24 and i look forward to the stability of 30 while also being terrified because oh god, 30

puts face in hands

stability of thirty you say.......

XD but thank you! I'm looking forward to this decade, honestly.

pins a third decade pin to your lapel, izzgood

\o/ yeah! I've been trying for that merit badge forever~