Turning 30, Celebrating Life, Manifesting Magic!

I turned 30 on April 18th.

It is safe to say that it was by far the best birthday of my life. The whole of April was a massive and collective celebration of life and I am still in the process of coming down from it. The goodness just seems to keep on coming and multiplying. More likely, I am not meant to come down but stay high and continue elevating. It is also safe to say that it was the best month of my life to date and I am pretty sure we're on to the best year, too.

Whenever I pause and look at my life in 2024, I am in awe and disbelief: even just a year ago, I used to be surrounded by people in front of whom I felt like I needed to hide a large part of who I truly am; I was unexpressed and stuck in jobs, places, situations or homes I didn't enjoy, and for a few months, I even felt pretty depressive.

Everything changed when I heard a voice in my head that nudged me to come participate in a bold and exorbitantly expensive spiritual experience in Colombia. It was an insane thing for me to do and it was the best thing I have ever done. After said experience, I planned to travel around Latin America for a few weeks, as I had never been to this continent, and then go back to Europe in December, and possibly start some sort of a job somewhere.

It's been more than 6 months since I arrived to Colombia and they have been nothing short of magical. I was never particularly attracted by this part of the world and it would have never crossed my mind that I'd be staying here longer term, not to mention creating a life here. The truth is, I think I found home. I say that without any attachment, because if there is anything I know about life and my life in particular, it is that we cannot try to fit it into a box and firmly rely on plans, because it is unpredictable and change is the only constant. The only time in my life I made a decision and took the necessary effort to move to a place I truly loved and stay indefinitely, it lasted 5 months before life pushed me into other unexpected directions (thank you, covid, and I still miss you dearly, Baejing-bae).

Colombia has been such a gift to me, a gift that keeps on giving. I found friends, I found a community, I found dance, I found music, I found my voice, I found my truth, I found my power, I found my fire, I found my aliveness, I found God, I found Love, I found Bliss, I found connection, I found intimacy, I found my brother, I found myself. It's been mind-strikingly amazing and it seems to get better and better every single day -- more fun, more friends, more opportunities, more invitations, more abundance, more dance, more parties, more peace, ease, flow, love, connection, and delicious food. Thank you, Colombia!

I don't understand astrology and I don't base nor blame my life on it by any means, but I enjoy listening to astrology forecasts and as a sensitive and intuitive person, I tend to resonate with a lot of the energy updates and themes I've been hearing about this year. Since December, I have been hearing that 2024 was going to be a massive, fiery, and successful year for the collective and that things would especially start picking up with exorbitant speed and volume from April. I couldn't resonate with that more. Since late March, a bunch of things happened. To mention just a few: I met the very person who had gotten me on my path of spiritual awakening 4 years ago and I got close to a few different people I had looked up to; I befriended and even got some fun job and gig offers from wealthy, famous, and influential people; I spent most of the time in gorgeous and luxurious houses and poolsides; and I enjoyed the best parties of my life with incredible people, incredible music, and incredible backdrops. I've also felt more love, joy, connection, expansion, bliss, gratitude, and excitement than I ever have, and that on a daily basis.

From what I gather, a lot of people, when they turn thirty, get a bit of a negative thought pattern going, thinking that they are now only getting older, that their bodies will start deteriorating or they shame or berate themselves for not having achieved more or perhaps they tell themselves that they should now become responsible adults, which would change their lives in some sort of a less fun way. I don't feel that at the slightest. Funnily, I coincidentally happened to spend most of the month partying and connecting with amazing people in their late 30s, 40s and 50s and have been called a baby by pretty much anyone who asked how old I was turning! Perhaps this too contributes to the fact that I feel like my inner child is becoming more and more prominent and alive, while my energy levels seem to be soaring, even as I have been dancing countless nights away these past weeks haha!

The truth is, I feel like my life is just about to start -- and bloom in unpredictable ways.

And I am so freaking ready for it.

And so grateful for it all.

And so in love with life.

Thank you, Colombia. Thank you, life!