On Turning 30
sesungguhnya realiti itu tidak indah; It has been two months since my 30th birthday has come and passed. And, like most mainstream culture portrayals of turning "the Big 3", (cue in Joey screaming) I was ready for some kind of.... something. Because let's face it, in every movie or sitcom, the protagonist always ends up freaking out, or goes on an adventure, or finally finds meaning in life, or whatever. All I knew was I had to expect something . So when my 30th birthday came and went and everything was surprisingly calm and lovely (alhamdullilah), it made me sit up. It made me wonder if I was doing something wrong, or living too comfortably, or even worst, set a bar so low for myself that leaving my twenties behind didn't feel like such a big deal . Because if anything, the media has conditioned us into thinking that we are supposed to have it all figured out by thirty, and if you haven't then you have failed . "I got married at 23" "Had my f
