Maybe I'm Not Behind

Send us Fan MailThirty is supposed to feel like a finish line, right? Stable, certain, grounded, credits rolling. Instead, I’m here almost 31 after a weird chain of events, including getting T-boned by a golf cart at work and then losing two weeks to a brutal respiratory cold, and I can’t stop thinking about how hard we are on ourselves when life doesn’t follow the plan.I talk honestly about the gap between the “movie version” of my future and what real adulthood looks like: being divorced (something I’ve kept quiet), feeling kidless and off-schedule, and trying to build a house with my boyfriend where every choice comes with budgets, timelines, and emotional weight. If you’ve ever wondered why big decisions still feel messy, expensive, and uncertain, you’re not alone.We dig into the pressure of societal expectations and the invisible life timeline that so many of us live under, especially women. The questions, the announcements, the scrolling, the sense that everyone else is ahead. Then I offer the reframe that’s been keeping me steady: life isn’t a race, it’s chapters. Detours and plot twists don’t mean you’re late, they might be shaping you.If you’re feeling behind in life, turning 30 with anxiety, starting over after divorce, or questioning your career and relationship timeline, take a breath with me. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs it, and leave a review so more people can find the reminder that different doesn’t mean wrong.