I promise not every post from here on out when have “30-year-old” in the title, but this one seemed too obvious to ignore. I accidentally watched 15 minutes of the VMA’s last night. Here are several things that I said out loud. Um, Ok Lady Gaga…you don’t get to slap paint on your face sing the equivalent of a theme park parade song and call …

People warned me about the actual 30th birthday day. They said, “it’s weirder than you think,” and, “even if you’re happy, you’re sort of also sad,” and, “I recommend drinking at least one cocktail with each meal during the day.” I took their warnings seriously, but I didn’t think I’d feel that way. I had a packed day planned, my new hair cut was finally …

We did it.  Well, I did it, but I feel like somehow I couldn’t have done it without your help & support.  Today I am 30. That R.E.M song keeps playing over and over in my head – naturally? – but instead of “I feel fine” I keep singing “I feel awesome.” Happy, healthy, Lucky, loved, and awesome. And isn’t that how we should all …

I woke up to two incredibly exciting e-mails – one from TIME and another from Amazon.com. The awesome team over at TIME named me one of the Top 25 Bloggers of 2013 literally three days before I’m not a 20-Nothing anymore. Talk about the world’s greatest birthday gift! And if that wasn’t enough, Amazon.com sent the link to my author page – 20-Nothings is officially …

  I realized recently that I’ve written six years of blog posts without one “tribute” to the two people who gave me the ability to write in the first place (in that they gave me life, which gave me hands, but also in the general parental support and guidance way). But I didn’t want to write some generic, mushy account of what my parents mean …

Guys – I’ve been powering through the list over the past few weeks, and I’m proud to say that progress has been made! Here’s the latest.   Stay up all night partying This has yet to happen and probably will not, BUT Saturday is literally my last chance, so I’m going to give it everything I’ve got. I technically have nine nights remaining, but I …

–> I technically can’t write a final word on a topic I have yet to cover with one word, but it felt crazy to go through six years of writing about my 20s without discussing one of the things I thought about most of the course of those six years: my body. I feel like I owe it, to both every woman who has ever …

Yesterday Forbes came out with the 2013 30-Under-30 List, and I wasn’t on it – again. This time, though, it stung a little. This year was my final chance to make this seemingly arbitrary list created by an unknown committee of people. I’ve never going to be a 30-Under-30 – ever. No, it’s never been a goal of mine. No, I don’t believe there’s any …