on tuesday, i would have woken up looking at the 600 wrinkles on my face and realising my tummy was dragging itself on the floor as i walked to the bathroom. that would have been the case if i was 29 going 30yo.

at a party on saturday, surrounded by a group of 20somethings, everyone proclaimed how your life goes downhill when you turn 30. so after the point has been made and agreed, someone asked how old i was to which i could hear the sound of jaws dropping when i said i was about to turn 37.

i don't remember having any resentments about being in my 30s. its the golden age in life. tapping on the inspiration of socyberty, i'm writing my 10 reasons to celebrate being over 30:

1. in your 20s, you do the walk of shame home after you leave some trade's home. in your 30s, you give the trade you brought home some cab fare and ask them to leave so you can sleep on your kazillion thread count sheets before you call your cleaner to change the sheets and clean the apartment so the smell/sight of trade is thoroughly erased.

2. in your 20s, you dream of exotic places you'd like to go one day. in your 30s, you type in your credit card over the internet when you feel like going on an exotic holiday.

3. in your 20s, you worry if the new outfit you are about to change into to go on a date in a few minutes looks right on you. in your 30s, you do a couple of outfit changes before you go on a date in a few minutes since you had to buy them all since you couldn't decide which looks better.

4. in your 20s, you give lusty looks at the personal trainer you really fancy in your gym hoping he's into you as well. in your 30s, you work out with the hottest personal trainer and he only has eyes for you because you've paid for his time while everyone else around the gym watches.

5. in your 20s, you try to tell your loved ones not to put so many candles on the cake just in case it sets off the smoke alarm. in your 30s, you leave your loved ones to pile as many candles as they want on the cake so if it does set off the smoke alarm, you can have a big laugh about it and tell all your friends about it on facebook.

6. in your 20s, you worry about what people think about you. in your 30s, you tell people if they don't like what they see/hear/feel, they should bugger off from your sight/life.

7. in your 20s, you have so many friends that you have trouble remembering their names. in your 30s, if you can remember their names, they are friends you will keep for the rest of your life.

8. in your 20s, it is glamorous to explore a wardrobe with many colours. in your 30s, you are glamorous because you have a great wardrobe.

9. in your 20s, you date/fuck like a rabbit. in your 30s, you date/fuck like a hermit. honestly, if you haven't learnt to be more selective at this age, your friends would have disowned you.

10. in your 20s, you contemplate about the future and that keeps you up sometimes. in your 30s, you only worry if you would be sober enough to close the bar tab and get home in time before you pass out.