Dedicated to self reflection and growth through difficult life experiences
Welcome to Life Lessons of a 30something
A blog about the experiences of a woman in her 30’s rediscovering herself as she navigates through life’s trials and tribulations.
Join me Wednesdays at 8pm EST as I post chapters of my self reflective journey.
After ending a toxic, long-term relationship in early 2020, I was forced to look inward and really decide how I was going to proceed with this next chapter of my life. What began as simply writing down my feelings, transformed in to a full blown memoir of my life.
Reflecting on those difficult years allowed me to understand myself better. I see, now, why I did what I did. Why I made such poor romantic decisions, and how I ended up where I am – a single, happy, 30something ready to conquer whatever else life throws at her.
That being said, pandemic dating has been interesting. Imagine being trapped in a horrible relationship, only to break free two months before another plague? The Universe really wanted me to do some soul searching.
Now, though, a couple years in to this new normal, I’ve begun to accept my true self. I’m more conscious of the choices I make, and I try to be more self aware. (Which just means, I’m not in denial anymore about my horrible taste in men)
I never would have expected I’d be posting my deepest secrets online for strangers to read. But through my healing I realized, maybe something I went through in the early chapters could help someone else who’s struggling? Maybe people will relate to the the mis-adventures of my new single life, and could find as much humour in it as I do?
At the very least, this blog has become an artistic expression of how far I’ve come in my life. Thanks for joining me on this journey.
– LL30s
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Personal Essays
This blog is my own creation. Here, I am my own boss. No one is telling me I *have* to write. That I *have* to post anything. That I *have* to summarize my experience over the last twelve months for strangers and friends to read. Yet here I am stoned, sitting on my parents’ couch …
After those two disappointing encounters, she put dating aside for the summer and focused on all the more uplifting aspects of her life. Her summer was everything she could have wanted it to be and more, but as her plans began to die down, she decided to dip her toe back in to the dating …
Aside from Adam, there was one other guy who wasted her time over the summer. We’ll call him Dennis. They had matched on Bumble and chatted for a while, eventually moving it over to Instagram. Dennis would message her, she would reply, and he would either leave her on Read, or just not even look …