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July 7, 2020

Thirty One

Turning thirty one

I’m (almost) thirty one! And of course I have some thoughts.

Time is weird, especially in the midst of a global pandemic + civil rights movement. This year more than ever, I’m reeling around how time even works. 60+ years have passed without giving BIPOC the respect, resources, and rights they deserve. 4+ months have passed without mitigating the course of a deadly disease. In between all that, 31 years passed and here I am—evolving and doing things.

The world is going through a reckoning and forcing each of us to have our own. We are frustrated, uncomfortable, listening and screaming. Personally, I am thinking hard about what my purpose is. What are things that need to stop and be purged? What things can I start that nourish me (besides desserts) and weave tightly into my origin story?

In the spirit of starting, earlier this week I asked you all about things you did for the first time in your thirties. It was a spontaneous reflection stemming from a New Yorker cartoon, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. Your answers were wide ranging and heartfelt, a reminder of how diverse our stories are and how there is no real timeline for anything.

As promised, I’m sharing a list of my own firsts since turning thirty as well as the firsts I want to do as my thirties continue—a toast to all sorts of new things we can do whenever it is right for us to do them.

(also – check out last year’s post on turning 30!)

Things I did for the first time since turning thirty:

  • Moved in with Orlando
  • Wrote a cookbook
  • Ran the NYC marathon
  • Started teaching pastry classes
  • Mastered cinnamon rolls
  • Became advanced scuba certified
  • Rode in a helicopter
  • Grew a pineapple
  • Stopped comparing my relationship to others’
  • Confronted my anxiety head-on
  • Shut the hell up and listened

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Things I want to (and will!) do for the first time in my thirties:

  • Write my own cookbook
  • Publish a creative writing piece
  • Move to Europe
  • Make my passion my business
  • Get married
  • Have a garden
  • Master laminated dough

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Shikha here - a pastry chef, runner, and writer based in San Francisco. I've worked in several Michelin-starred restaurants and blasted a lot of hip hop during prep service. Now I develop recipes, write, run races, and teach classes so you too can eat life to its fullest.

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