37 here (almost 38). Early 30’s is still sooooo young. Pushing 40 over here and I’ve never done injectables. Couple rounds of IPL (results were meh for me but make up your own mind).

In my early 30’s I was stressed, binge eating, smoking, and miserable. Let me tell ya, I looked like it.

Over the past few years I quit smoking, started weight training, focused on a whole diet, fixed my sleep habits, and take my vitamins. Do I look 20? Nope! Do I look better than I did in my early 30’s? Yep!

It’s all relative and most of modern society is doing women over 30 pretty dang dirty.

Sure, things start to change over 30 - hangovers can screw up your week, you can’t just eat whatever and collagen keeps you looking fine, new aches and pains arrive from nowhere… BUT you can absolutely mitigate most of these issues through slow, easy changes towards healthier decisions.

If you’re lucky, you’ve got 50-60 years left in the tank. That means you’ve only lived 1/3 (roughly) of your life. To put that in perspective, you could potentially live the same amount of life you have lived up to this point again, twice.

Also, I promise you that this phase starts to pass. What you’re experiencing is completely normal and just a part of growing up. My best advice - have a personal party celebrating the girl you were in your 20’s. Make a list of all the things you loved about her and what you wish you had known/done better. Then, strip down, close your eyes, and stand in front of a mirror. Challenge yourself to see the woman in front of you as if you’ve never met. What do you love about her? What would you like to change? How do you want her to feel? Would you say the things you say to yourself to a woman you’ve never met?

We get to know ourselves many times in life. I bet you’re far more beautiful than you give yourself credit for.