Today I'm 30 years old. Thinking about this day in particular made me want to write something. Today I have no special plans. What should I do for my 30th? ## **🛸 Take a vacation?** This would be quite appealing, but not nearly as much so now that I'm living in Taiwan. I'm essentially where I want to be for now. I'm not on a beach as I write this, so there's still plenty of room for vacationing, but the drive to immediately jump ship for somewhere more tropical or novel is simply not there. I'm happy here. ## **🤑 Buy something?** Also plenty of options here. There are a bunch of material things I'd like to have, but nothing pressing. Nothing I want so bad that I simply need to go out and get it immediately. The most important bits are all taken care of: - Comfortable place to live - Access to delicious food - Computer + phone (i.e. electronics to meet my needs) - Gym membership - Access to a social circle, events All my basic needs are met so all the various things I might buy just don't feel pressing enough. ## **🥂 Go out and party?** The classic! I have certainly done this one on many past birthdays and I'm sure there will be many more nights of revelry in the future. There's just no need for a reason to revel—if I want to go out I will and tonight I don't feel the desire. ## **🧘‍♂️ In closing** To be clear, I haven't decided that I'm now too _old_, too _mature_, too _whatever_ for any of the above, I just don't feel the need to do something special as I once did. In a sense, everything feels to be on track, and that's the best birthday gift I could wish for.