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Welcome to the thirty-somethings!
It's about much at that age: Do I have to cook well? Does this man suit me? Am I a city or country person? The answers to these questions? No idea! Here are 15 things that we have not learned at 30.
They exist, these days when nothing can help against thinking. No shopping at H & M. Not a drunken night. No Nena song. The 30th birthday is such a day in the life of a woman. And not only because we fear that some friends could force us to sweep a city hall staircase that day. Feelings until a Jungmann comes along and ends the whole embarrassment with a kiss. No. To become 30 means to grow up. Means taking stock for the first time. What was the past ten years trying to go your own way, figuring out how you really meant it?
The own core has come a little closer. And that feels good. Less nice that some doors are falling: Now even become a movie director? Most film schools in Germany take applicants over 28 only with quite exceptional talent. The airlines have not been flying us for years for the youth rate. And at the tennis club it's exactly two years, and then we're allowed to play in the league of young female players. Jackie Onassis became the first lady of the USA at the same age. Hillary Clinton was 30 when she made the leap from law professor to politician. And Queen Elizabeth II was Queen at the age of 30 for three years.
A benchmark for us? Nope! Even the 30th birthday is not a magic limit that suddenly makes us the perfect person. Luckily! We have written down 15 things that we have not learned at 30 - and what are your 15?
1. Sport is fun and good for us
Sure, we're dragging ourselves to the gym - but we really do not like to wiggle our tummy, legs, butt in front of the mirror. And when the trainer says, "You have to know yourself how hard you do the exercise - after all, it's about YOUR body, " we'll get the crisis.
2. Not to touch foreign animals
... and no, "But he is so cute" does not count as an apology.
3. Shop properly. And do not run headlong through the supermarket
What else did I want? Loaf? Cheese? Apples? At the end then a bag of chocolate bons, tomato sauce (of course without noodles) and a bottle of rosé land on the cash register. Fail!
4. Apply eyeliner correctly
Actually we want to look like Alexa Chung . Casual Undone-Hair, a soft blush on the cheeks and an accurately drawn eyeliner. The result? Irritating instead of it-girl.
5. Thoroughly clean the oven
... or the fridge. If on Sundays the I-do-it-now-really-clean-feeling comes over, we are still full of energy. 10 minutes later we hang annoyed in the kitchen appliance. Close the door quickly, done!
6. Get up after the first alarm ring
Honestly, how often do you press the snooze button in the morning? So we brought it to slumbering eleven times this morning. Not bad, eh?
7. How to easily lead small talk
"And how are you?", "Good, and you?", "Also, thank you." When listening to conversations as if memorized, we should start with our smalltalk skills. You will find suitable tips HERE.
8. Put the career first
At 30 you are old enough to be really taken seriously, to take positions with responsibility ... already 18:01? End of working day!
9. Do the laundry right
Hand wash? Nope! That works well at 30 degrees - we thought BEFORE we got the new Cos wool puppet in doll size again from the washing machine ...
10. After a glass of wine is also time
Enough? It's just so funny here ... Tell this to your future-I, the torments tomorrow with a headache in the office.
11. Put money aside
Especially now, where the new boutique opened? Iwo! After all, there's just 10 percent opening discount - and that's saving as it were.
12. Teen words are now taboo
Who ends his news with "Xoxo", likes to bake on the couch at the weekend and calls his boss Babo - yes, you are meant, you Swagger! Oh, hell ... Yolo!
13. Survive a full day on high heels
They stand in the closet and smile at us: all the high heels, with or without a platform, made of leather, with glitter or as wedges. But what are we using? Sneakers, we have finally in various variants. Speaking of which, point 11 we should write again on the agenda ...
14. Behave according to his age
No, we do not want to be in our favorite disco seven days a week, sucking on lukewarm beer - the same at night, because the student loan does not allow a second one. But every now and then a girls evening, as in the early 20, which does not take place on the couch of the girlfriend? Absolutely!
15. Eating Vegetables Regularly - And To Do It
We read Slow Cooking all day, get the latest Paleo recipes online and the new vegan cookbook by Attila Hiltmann is already in our Amazon cart ... to order a pizza in the evening, then order it rinse with cola. To come back to point 12: Yolo!
