Turned 29 today

I was 27 when one of my friends was turnig 30. I was of the opinion that her worries were unfounded. One was supposed to embrace the process of aging with gladness. After all you are as young as you think! What made matters worse was the day we paged through a magazine and there was an article on 10 things one should do or achieve before the age 30. Of the 10, I had already bagged 8 and my dear friend.....what?!......only 4!! It was an injustice!, she being older than me. This morning when I woke up I made an efford to focus on the positives. The despair started after I received a 911 from a younger friend of mine that she's got a friend who is a magazine editor, at age 24. She (the friend) had received an award for her contribution to the mag! Why does it seem there are always things that remind you that whatever you have achieved is not enough? Is it this kind of thinking which leaves us yearning to go back and correct our time-consuming behaviours? Whatever the answer is ,there is one thing I know for sure: I cannot turn the clock. Does this mean I'm happy to be turning a year older? The honest answer is that I've got mixed feelings. I'll take it one step at a time. I'm going to do my best and live this life. THE CLOCK MUST KEEP ON TICKING!