{"id":1163,"date":"2008-11-14T00:49:33","date_gmt":"2008-11-14T00:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.com\/?p=1163"},"modified":"2008-11-14T00:49:33","modified_gmt":"2008-11-14T00:49:33","slug":"turning_30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/?p=1163","title":{"rendered":"Turning 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And so I join the rest of my good friends in the 30s club. I never imagined that on my 30th birthday I would be &#8216;enjoying&#8217; an unemployed status \u2013 yesterday was my last day at the bank \u2013 the only reason I thought I be having this status is if I had entered <i>taitai-dom<\/i>. Alas, I&#8217;ve failed miserably on that account.<br \/>\nDoes it feel any different? No, not really. My 20s were a journey of self-discovery and experiences&#8230;uncovering what I like and don&#8217;t like. What I want (somewhat anyway), what I treasure and value. I&#8217;m more confident as a person and I&#8217;ve come to understand myself more. However I think it&#8217;s a journey that&#8217;s set to continue as we all change as the years go by.<br \/>\nIn my 20s, I came to know some really good friends who will, I&#8217;m confident, remain friends for life. I came to know what I&#8217;m good and not good at. I had my adventures, but I still yearn to have more. I recognise in myself a restless spirit which I find very hard to quell. It&#8217;s both a curse and blessing really. It disallows one from getting too uncomfortable and encourages change which can be both seen as bane and boon.<br \/>\nOf course, I wished I were more accomplished career-wise. Many people younger than me are earning heaps more than I do. I&#8217;m sometimes bitter about it, but I get over it after awhile by taking a Buddhist\/Zen attitude towards such things \u2013 no point comparing as everyone has a different path to tread in life.<br \/>\nSo here&#8217;s to more adventures, discoveries, kinship, friendship, and health! Happy 30th to me. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And so I join the rest of my good friends in the 30s club. I never imagined that on my 30th birthday I would be &#8216;enjoying&#8217; an unemployed status \u2013 yesterday was my last day at the bank \u2013 the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/?p=1163\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-days-of-my-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}