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The ‘Dirty Thirty’
It’s not unusual for each of us to have a moment of panic, or simply an eye-opening realisation, when nearing a milestone birthday. For my generation, 30 is the first of these milestone’s. I’m sure it’s not unique to Gen Y for this to be a significant moment but what is unique is the landscape in which we’re working and living now. In a time where social media rules news, pop culture and even (unfortunately) our relationships, we are exposed to everyone else’s successes, which in turn brings another level of expectation and pressure to our lives. It took me about two years to work through the significant ‘30th birthday’…