If you are in your 30s or approaching your 30s, these tips would definitely be very useful to you.
Here are 14 things every woman in her 30s should know
1. Love and accept everything about you. If you don’t love yourself first, how then do you expect others to love you?
2. Keep good friends. At this stage of your life, you should realise that the quality of friends you have is more important than the quantity of friends you have.
3. People change and you have to accept that fact. Once you accept this fact, it will become easy for you to accept whatever comes your way.
4. It doesn’t pay living a life of pretence. Be authentic and real. Stop pretending to be who you aren’t.
5. What people think about you isn’t important; you should be concerned with what you think about yourself. It’s impossible to please everyone so stop caring about what others think of you.
6. No matter how hard you try, you can’t make everyone in your life happy. Stop displeasing yourself to please others. Learn to say “NO” when it’s not convenient for you.
7. Don’t jump into marriage because you think age is against you. Think long and hard before getting married. Don’t let the society push you into getting married to someone just because you feel age isn’t on your side.
8. Compromise is an important ingredient every relationship should have but this doesn’t mean you should compromise too much. Compromise is healthy if both partners are willing to meet each other halfway. If it’s just you compromising always, then that relationship isn’t healthy.
9. You hold yourself back from happiness when you fail to forgive. Stop punishing yourself by holding a grudge and learn to forgive.
10. Travel now and visit new places because you might not have the time later in life. Travelling opens your eyes to other people and cultures.
11. Take time to meet a need in someone’s life. We have become so concerned about our needs alone in this generation that people forget to give back. The world will be a better place for everyone if we forget about our problems sometimes and help someone in need.
12. All men are not the same. Most men might be cheats and inconsiderate but we also have lots of gentlemen out there who can take good care of a woman. You shut the door to meeting a good man when you say “all men are the same”.
13. There will always be a new things to buy but it’s important you have a good savings culture at this stage in your life. If you want to be financially secure when you are older, you need to learn how to save.
14. Stop comparing your life to that of others. Comparing yourself to others will only bring down your self worth. You have to accept that there will always be someone who is smarter, prettier and better off than you. Just focus on living your life and becoming a better version of yourself.
Phil