Birthday Assessment

So.....here I am, 33 today.


No makeup, after a workout.....a very common state for me.
Not a huge milestone, but certainly inching higher into my mid-thirties. It's a normal day today. Kids to school, taught some yogamotion, had a protein shake for lunch (because the water is turned off for construction). Just a calm birthday with time to think about where I am in life. Ten years ago, I was super pregnant, ready to become a mom for the first time. Oh, how my life has changed since then! I like who and where I am as a person better now, but there are certainly things I had more or less of in my twenties that I did not appreciate.

Here's my assessment of the changes.

I have:
More self-confidence
Less free-time
More ambition and desire to learn
Less time in which to pursue the above
More self-control
Less control over my surroundings
More humility
Less control over how I am perceived in public (kids are not good at "faking it" to save face)
More faith and a deeper understanding of what a gift the gospel is
Less tolerance for those around me who mock that which I call sacred
More friends
Less casual acquaintances
More appreciation for silence
Less annoyance at chaos
More people for whom I am responsible
Less ability to keep my brain on track and focused
More below
Less on top
More wrinkles
Less acne (though I still have some ----totally WRONG)
More age spots
Less worry about my stick- out ears
More people that I admire
Less people that I can't stand
More knowledge
More peace
More joy
More hugs
More family
More to loose
More to love
and more to look forward to

So I sit here, un-showered, full of my protein shake, fine to be 33 (more or less :)