30 Before 30 Challenge

30 Before 30 Challenge- Go on some random dates! Connect! 

  So sometimes I allow myself to decide when I want to cross something off my list. Would you like to hear how this one went?

  Reflecting back to January when I originally challenged myself to “go on some random dates” I now have a very different view. Throughout the growth and events of 2024 so far I have realised that there was an element of this self challenge which was really the view I feel society holds as we grow older. I mean, I am now practically 30, no kids, never married, never even engaged and really have had very few relationships in my life. 

  There are definitely people who would look at this and think there is “something wrong”. Actually, I have been told this to my face several times too. But this is where I have had to change the narrative. Am I broken, or are there more options available for people to really live a happy life? 

  So in 2024 before I turned 30 I went on a grand total of…. 0 dates. I put in some effort on Tinder/Bumble, but realised my time is also too valuable to waste on people who can’t hold a conversation. Surprisingly, I’m quite ok with the fact that this little challenge went completely the other direction! So ok with it that I really can successfully cross this one off the list as in the process I have become so much more accepting of where I am in life and the amazing things I have achieved on my own. 

  It was as I was standing on the roof looking over the Marina on Saturday night that I began to decide what is actually important right now (photo from this moment pictured). I have no dramas and full control over every move I make. I have full control of who is worth being in my life and who is deserving of my energy. I only have time for the ones who stand alongside me, and don’t hold me back. 

  As for the little dating game, everything happens in time when it is supposed to. I have so much confidence in who I am and what I want to allow into my life. It’s time to just go with the flow and see what comes at me in this crazy life next!