By MNJA

Today is my birthday and I turned 35! WOW.

35… seems like yesterday I was celebrating my 25th birthday downtown Montreal with my girlfriends! You know back in January 2020, I had an idea of what I wanted my thirties to look like. I had a bucket list that I wanted to accomplish for my 30th. Well we all know what happened in 2020…

Here I am 5 years later with no husband, no children and still no Ferrari! I honestly thought by my mod-thirties I’d be a mom, wife and accomplished actress. Unfortunately, my life looks nothing like what I had envisioned.

Instead on dwelling on things that did not work out, I want to take this birthday to reflect on things that did and to focus on living my life in my own terms.

Although I’m getting close to the big 4-0 and the idea of turning 40 scares the crap out of me – I want to spend the next five years focusing on my well-being, cultivating meaningful friendships and relationships and hopefully be a mom of 1 or 2 (fur child included).

I am thankful for 35 years on this earth and looking forward for what this year has in store for me.

With love,

MN