Flaunt your age-esteem. Celebrate your birthday and create happy memories with friends.

Celebrate: Celebrate your birthday! There are many places in the world where reaching age 30 is still considered almost a miracle.

• Throw a party for yourself. It doesn’t have to be costly. Invite each friend to bring part of the meal, or make pancakes or spaghetti. Ask people to wear their favorite hat or shoes.
• Focus the party on your guests. Prepare something for them: a limerick, song, dance or story album with their photos. Ask each person to share their favorite birthday memory.

It’s silly to waste precious time crying over a new year or decade. Live your age!
Unlock your age-esteem!

Live today: It’s your youth of tomorrow. You’ll never be this young again, so why waste it worrying about age? Live in the present.

• Acknowledge your age. Look yourself in the eyes in the mirror and tell yourself, “I love being 30!” or whatever age you are.
• Make a pact with yourself to focus on the present. Regretting the past or worrying about the future creates negative energy. Plan for the future, yes, but live this moment!

Turning 30 can be daunting. I know. – I once turned 30 myself. It seems like overnight you begin to discover little lines on your face. “Could they be wrinkles?! How can that be? I’m only going to be 30!”. You begin thinking about Botox and babies. Life seems to be picking up speed.

There are different concerns when you turn 40, 50, 60, but those concerns are real, too! Any anniversary with a zero or five seems to be a major obstacle.

Well wake up, shake up and grow some age-esteem into your life!