Today is my 27th birthday! As of 7:20am I became an individual in her "late twenties". I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this as I am now quickly sliding towards my 30's. However the catch phrase "30 is the new 20" has been thrown around a lot. I think this is partly true. I feel more like an independent adult than I did in my early and mid twenties. My career is really taking off; I'm exploring hobbies I didn't have time for before and I'm taking better care of myself. I joined a gym and am now working towards my weight goals slowly but persistently. I think that by the time I reach my goals I will be in better shape than I have been in my whole life. Well...except perhaps when I was a child and swam/ran/skipped pretty much all of the time!

I no longer have to rely on my parents financially, I have a stable relationship and a good home. I have pets I'm responsible for and food in my fridge (something that didn't happen nearly as often in my early twenties).

I finally feel like my life is coming together. I don't feel any pressure to get married or make babies as I've made it very clear to my family that I'm perfectly content cohabbing and I work with other people's children more than most people see their own kids! Maybe 10 years from now I will feel some pressure to have a child of my own...maybe five years from now even, but right now I'm in a good place in my life and I love it

I'm wondering if anyone out there had any sort of "quarter-life crisis"?
I know you've all heard of a midlife crisis right? Well...quarter-life crisis is sort of the same thing. I had mine around the time I turned twenty and here's why:
I was in university and profoundly unhappy and uncertain about my life path. I no longer wanted to be what I had set out to be at 18. I didn't know what I wanted in life; I was single and it seemed like all the people I knew in high school were getting married. The worst part was that my chronological age no longer ended in "teen". I was supposed to be a grown-up now and I had no idea how...it was exceedingly frustrating...but I made it through. It took me until I was 25 to get my life back to where I wanted it to be but two years later I can say that I'm really happy.

On a completely different note: it's Friday the 13th! Has anyone experienced any sort of bad luck? I know the history of the Friday the 13th superstition but how many people out there know it? This is the second birthday I've had that has been on a friday the 13th...the last one was on my sweet sixteen. Let me know if you buy into the superstition or if it's just another day for you!

Blessed Be...