Thirty Things Every Woman Should Have and Should Know By the Time She’s 30

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I’ve been reading a lot of books lately, and my most recent one is “Thirty Things Every Woman Should Have and Should Know By the Time She’s 30.”  I love it! Since me, and most of my girlfriends will be turning thirty within the next two years, it will become the gift that keeps on giving.

I decided to make my own list of 15 things that every woman should know by the time she is thirty (I feel like I’ve had some teachable moments in recent years):

1. Don’t be afraid to take risks professionally. During your twenties you should only be responsible for yourself, so if you want to leave a job without having anything else lined up…. Go for it.
2. Some people are only meant to be in your life for a season, don’t keep giving them a new membership card when the other one expires.
3. I wish I realized that during my twenties, I should only be focusing on bettering myself, with school and education.  Guys will come later, instead just have fun, date, and don’t worry about falling in love.
4. Now I will contradict myself…. Fall in love… and in the off chance that it does turn into something great and long lasting….awesome; however if it doesn’t.. then you officially know how you don’t want to be treated and you move on.
5. This comes from Christina on Greys Anatomy “I’m studying for my boards, but I’m crying over a boy??!” Don’t cry over men. Its pathetic, there are more important things to cry over…shoes =) ( My last breakup.. I didn't shed one tear.. i think that made me a little stronger.
6. Speak up at work, especially if you feel that you are not being treated fairly. 
7. You should be able to tell your friends how you REALLY feel without them getting upset, and ultimately ending a relationship; however, if that relationship does end, then you probably were not that close to begin with. Say what you have to Say.
8. In your professional career, if your coworkers invite you to lunch.. Go. You don’t want to be thought of as the “Anti-Social” employee.
9. Don’t text pictures of your body parts to boys.  Where do you think our president would be if Michelle was doing that to every guy who made her feel “special.”
10. Become more religious (this list is in no particular order).  At some point you have realize that there is a higher power.  Join a church, be apart of a family.  When I went to get baptized I told the woman that I didn’t have any family in the area, and she replied “well you have one now.”
11. Complete your education, go to college, have fun, get another degree, even your doctorate if you have time, do everything before you have a husband, and children. 
12. Don’t be afraid to tell someone how you feel about them.
13. CALL your family, and friends.  Social media gets in the way, and I can only imagine how it will be in the next ten years.
14. Don’t be afraid to say I love. And I’m not talking about to your Significant other, but to your parents. 
15. “There is nothing more dangerous than someone who knows everything about your past.” –Amanda Clarke

BONUS: Go Out!!! I had to learn that spending every weekend in doors doing HW was not cool.  Instead budget your time better during the week, so you can have fun on the weekends.


BONUS #2: Don't wait until you break up with someone to dye, or cut your hair, Don't let your emotions make permanent decisions! 

I will try to blog a little more, maybe after I graduate with my masters.. 'cough cough' on June 23rd! But until then.. Stay Chocolate =)