1.
You know your friends won't do anything special — like a surprise party — for your birthday.
2.
And now you feel like you need to do all those things you thought you'd do "before I turn 30." Like publish that novel.
3.
If you're really ambitious, you know you have to do it fast if you ever want to be one of those "30 under 30" people.
4.
You suddenly realize you're now in your "late twenties."
5.
You get irritated when people begin lumping you into the thirtysomething crowd because YOU ARE NOT YET 30. Got it?!
6.
You feel like this is the last acceptable age to have NOT ONE CLUE about how to manage your money or save.
7.
You're really starting to look at people in their early twenties and realize how different you are.
8.
You keep reminding yourself, "This is as good as it's gonna get." (Even though you've maybe been saying this for a few years.)
9.
You feel like you are one tiny step away from people taking you seriously.
10.
But you also feel like you're one step away from saggy boobs.
11.
You decide you don't *really* need to take vitamins yet, because you're not at "that age."
12.
You look at celebs over 30 and realize you could have gone to high school with them.
13.
You're tired of people telling you not to worry about turning 30: "30 is young!"
14.
You're pretty much convinced that 29 will be the most boring year. Nothing big happens at 29.
15.
You spend an entire year thinking about turning 30... and you still don't know how you feel about it.
16.
Even though you have a feeling you'll wake up on your 30th birthday and go, "That was it?!"
