The 33-year-old actress opened up about leaving parts of her youth behind as GQ's latest cover star.
“Around this age, people begin to hone in on their values and their life purpose. It is around this age that there is a change in their interests, and people begin to think about life and their future differently due to major life changes."
Perhaps you’re settling into some great years in your relationship. You’ve found your person—your partner for life. You know who you are and what you want and he knows what he wants and you two just work together. You get to relax and enjoy this time…but now that the distraction of dealing with sh*tty, tumultuous relationships is over, a new panic sets in. Now you can look far, far into the future and think, “Oh my god. This man that I’m cuddling and loving right now…one day I’ll barry this man.”
You don’t go into check-ups worrying that you’ll get terrible news (well, unless you’re a hypochondriac). But you basically still feel that check-ups are a nuisance and a waste of time—something you have to check off your list so you can get it over with and move on with your life. Remember that truly old individuals go into their checkups because they are actually in prevention and detection mode.
Remember when you could just sit at an outdoor bar, in a tank top, in 40-degree weather and not even notice it? You were talking, drinking, and not thinking about the temperature. Now you simply cannot enjoy a conversation if you are even the slightest bit too cold or too hot.
Yes, your friends were all up in your business in your twenties. There was a group text thread that never stopped beeping. Your friends wanted all of your updates all of the time and they couldn’t be alone for 24 hours. But now that your friends are nowhere to be found because they’re married with kids, you miss the days when they were always by your side.
Wine tasting usually comes with some breath-taking views. So take time to drink them in! Take photos, make videos, walk around, sit down and meditate, overlooking the vines. This will help you not guzzle wine too quickly.
If you are thirty or nearing thirty and going in for your annual checkup, your doctor’s staff owes it to you to warn you that the nature of the conversations will change. You may think you’re going in for your usual rapid blood pressure test, quick feeling for lumps in the boobs and vaccine updates, […]