To ask what you achieved in your 30’s

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Posting for traffic really , been up since 4.30am as my 2yo thought that it would be a great time to wake today. So I’m sat here , pondering over my last 29 years on this earth, and my only wonderful achievement really is my beautiful DS. I mean, I’ve done many other small things , but not things that I can really look back on and think I’m so glad I did that. I’m 30 next month and would love to do something that fills me with a sense of achievement or to be proud of, Can you tell me what you did /have done /are doing in your 30s? Change of career / new hobby/ been somewhere new ? Looking for inspiration :)

2DCs, a masters degree, a new career and a move to London

2dc’s
A home of our own
A decent career
Happiness
Love

A daughter, a husband, a decent man, a few promotions at work. Very happy.

Husband and decent man are the same person!

PurpleFlower1983 Haha that did tickle me

Being mum to 2 DCs
Battling a chronic illness
Finding my dream job

Finished my degree, started my career, bought a house, had 2nd DC. We were due to get married this year but it'll be next year now (I'm 31).

I was pondering the same the other day actually. In my 20s I achieved loads and in my 40s so far I've achieved lots. In my 30s I had two fantastic children but didn't achieve anything else. I wouldn't change it for the world though. My world became a lot smaller when the children were young but looking back I'm glad that everything else went on hold as they were more than enough to keep me busy.

Meeting the man I adore, marrying him, buying a lovely house and extending it, earning very good money for my age despite no degree. On the path to be a director by the age of 35. Owning a car outright. Health. Despite the mortgage I'm debt free.

But ironically I'd give it all up to have children of our own and DH often says he feels he hasn't achieved much because he isn't a Father yet... perspective is a funny thing.

@GreekOddess I think that's a wonderful thing to be able to say you've done and exactly what I hope I can say too. I did a lot in my 20s and it was pretty much my plan to be in a place where I could dedicate my 30s purely to my DD who was born 3 months after my 30th birthday. Nothing wrong with it at all.

I had my third son, and got a promotion. Turned 31 this year. I plan on getting another promotion and possibly having another child. And then really just enjoying my children, husband and hoping our happy life continues!

In my 30s, I:

Bought a house
Married the man I love
Had a child
Moved to a different country
Grew a career that I love and did some things I'm really proud of
Quit and tried something else
Travelled to the US, Cuba, Namibia, Italy, France, Sweden, South Africa (at least)
Made new lifelong (I hope) friends
More than doubled my income
Became a much more confident, self-assured and warm person
Learnt a good deal about myself and others
Saw a lot of great live music
Celebrated good times with the people that I love
Took some really beautiful and special photographs

It was an important decade. Happy almost birthday, OP.

Paid off my mortgage
Reduced my hours to have a better work life balance
Started a family
Got divorced

I'm halfway through as of today

I've moved abroad, bought two different houses (sold one to buy another), had my wonderful DS and been to hell and back being diagnosed with two severe but unrelated chronic illnesses.

I've found a hobby I love, travelled to some wonderful places and found out who my true friends are.

Had 2 DCs
Moved 200 miles
Made a new life and new friends in new location
Slowly ground my way back to the salary I'd earned before having DC1 (aged 30), making it at age 39

2nd dc
Started retraining
Spent two years on the other side of the world
Moved back and resumed retraining.
A first in my degree.
New job!

Two DC. A masters. Few years in low paid hospitality jobs then qualified as a teacher.

40-50, now that was a harder decade, raising teens was incredibly hard, marriage nearly imploded, was very unhappy, made poor choices. Delighted to be 50. Marriage survived (just), I make better choices, kids at uni, thinking about going part time so I can potter about more after a very manic 20 years.

Increased my income from £17k to £120k
Got another degree
Learned how to play poker really well
Moved countries twice 12,000 miles from the UK
Promoted 4 times in 10 years.
Lost 3 stone
Went from being a non runner with broken ankles and DVT to running a half marathon

One further child (3 in total)
A marriage
A divorce
8 house moves
Bought my own home
7 job moves
Slept with a fair few people post divorce (didn't have that 20's blow out like others)
Had 3 relationships
A Post Grad Diploma
A Masters
Travelled a lot
Got sterilised

It was a mad decade.

I'm 32,
Had DS2 in Jan.
Finishing off MSc Dissertation this summer.

In my 30s I would like to
Get a job related to my MSc
Visit my nonna in Italy as much as I can with the DC (she's 87)
Buy a house with DH
Maybe have DC3 (I had hyperemesis with DS2)
Explore faith/spirituality more
in an ideal world start my PhD (but that can be for my 40s)

Lol I do enjoy it when people need to post their ridiculously high salaries. Congratulations....shuffles off to teach in deprived school where families cannot eat.....I mean, well done, but gloating's so naff

2dc, nice house, happy marriage, decent job

The 2DC are by far the best bit.

Messed around, had a load of fun, made a load of new friends, got super awesomely fit, had a lot of really good sex, took some amazing trips, became a Burner )’(
Still in my thirties so still living it.

I mean, I’ve other “sensible stuff” along the way like progressed my career, bought a house and so forth; but this stuff doesn’t define my thirties, or my life, and I don’t think of them as achievements necessarily.