A Day in the Life of a 30-year-old Millenial

in love •  7 years ago  (edited)

I thought I would write a story about the life a of an older Millenial. I'm thirty, and my husband and I are trying very hard to make a better life for ourselves: one where we can enjoy what life has to offer more. Here is a snap shot of my day:
I woke up at 10am (I got about 12 hours of sleep... even though I'm no longer a teenager, my body still requires as much sleep). My loving husband went to pick me up some Starbucks. God, I love him to pieces. I'd love him just the same if he hadn't done this, but little things like this show me how much he cares for me. He left me in bed drinking my water while he got me coffee. Truly, an act of love. We also have an eight-year-old. Normally, he is with his dad on the weekends. This weekend, his dad is on vacation, so we get the little guy all day. I'm beyond lucky. My child understands his mom's need for extended amounts of sleep. He didn't wake me up once. My husband also picked up his favorite breakfast for him while he was getting my Starbucks. This is an act of love for both of us.
Once I got my butt in gear the two of us started cleaning the house. Our house is never dirty, but it had been some time since I had had time to really clean. My husband cleaned the kitchen and took care of all the outdoor maintenance. I handled the indoor stuff (minus the kitchen). I feel very lucky that my husband gets it. I work 40 hours a week and so does he; so, we split the house work. Not everyone is so lucky. I feel lucky!
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As I was cleaning, I started thinking about my life as a millenial who wants more out of life than 9-5 until I can retire. My husband and I both have side gigs (I cam and he flips cars). Both of us are pretty new to these lines of work, but we are trying. Here is a picture of the car he is flipping (plenty of me camming in my other posts):
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In my generation we were told a fantasy about going to college to get a great job... In reality the job I have nets me as much money as I could have made if I had never gone to college. I'm not dissing on college. It means that I do have more job opportunities if I chose to further my career in corporate America. It also means I have the option of further my education (maybe someday I will get a certification or degree to be a therapist as my degree is in psychology).

Anyway, my day keeps going. After I spent hours cleaning the house and my husband spent hours on yard work and other house-hold tasks (see below for him doing yard work):
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I try to do what I need to do (some of it is pretty fun, actually).
I eat non-gmo organic healthy food for lunch:
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I take all the supplements and vitamins I need (need?) to stay healthy and try to stay as young as possible inside:
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I take a shower and use all the products to keep my body as young as possible on the outside (pretty important if I want to continue to make money camming in the future!):
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I make a point to spend some time with my little guy (this is some of my fun):
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I vape instead of smoke (I can't believe I picked that stupid habit back up after having stopped vaping and smoking for years...):
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I practice yoga, handstands, and meditate:
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Then my little guy goes to my mom and dad's for a sleepover (he loves these)... So I decide to have some fun: Tequila!
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At this point I am still planning on doing some cam work this evening... but due to a long, bad restaurant experience, my husband and I decided to cancel dinner out and get some take out and watch a movie (The Matrix... Been quite a while since either of us watched it):
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Since I'm now 30, and no longer stay up all hours of the night; I realized that I'm not doing cam work this evening. That's ok. It is MUCH more important to spend time with the love of my life @cryptokeepr
So, getting back to watching the movie with him....

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This is a great "a day in the life of" post. We'll get to the life we want someday. It is very difficult working in corporate america and having side jobs and doing steemit but the side gigs are fun for me....moreso than sitting in an office staring at two monitors under fluorescent lights in an office inside a building with no windows. I feel like I die a little each day I go there. And I truly hope that some day we'll look back on working every damn day of our lives and agree that it was worth it.

There's a long hard road ahead of us but we really help each other and I think we can do it. Excellent post honey. I really enjoyed reading it.

Sounds like a solid sunday. Life is all about balance. I like how you are fairly diligent and healthy on sundays and then still find a little time to reward yourself with a little tequila (although I don't know if I would consider tequila a reward)

lol tequila is a reward at first and then a punishment later. That's usually my experience as I enjoy it at first and usually regret it later when it affects my sleep (I have trouble sleeping more than 6 hours when I consume alcohol).

Haha yeah. I enjoy tequila in a mixed drink but on its own, no thanks. Too much tequila in the college days

There beauty in the struggles i guess keep grinding i am sure it will pay off! your post are fab !!

Hell yea! Can't stop the grind!