What I Wish I'd Known at 30

Darling, I know you are tired. I know you are juggling more than anyone realises. I want you to know that the thing in your stomach that keeps trying to get your attention, that is not nerves. That is your gut. Listen to it.

You will spend years overriding it to keep the peace. Please stop. The people worth keeping in your life will not need you to make yourself small.

You are not behind. There is no timetable. The women you are quietly comparing yourself to are doing the same thing back. Most of us are just trying our best with whatever we have on a Tuesday.

And one more thing. The big stuff that you are dreading, the heartbreak, the mistakes, the things you cannot yet see coming, you will get through all of it. Not gracefully every time, but you will get through. And on the other side you will be more yourself than ever. I promise.