And that is the fact that in just over 6 months, I will be 30 years old... and entering my 4th decade of life on this earth.
That may not seem as something very impressive to most of you, but it's quite a big step for me.
It's not the fact that I'm getting older, because I still believe that I'm quite young...
When I moved back to Slough in 1993, I was 20 years old... but I still hadn't grown up. But I grew up very shortly afterwards, when I entered the "real world", and realised that everything that happened to me was directly or indirectly as a result of my own actions.
But now that I approach the 8-year anniversary of working for Yell, I've met Caroline and we're now married, and we have a home of our own, as well as responsibilities and commitments.
In a recent post,
So I suppose the thing that worries me the most about my forthcoming birthday, is that it is the first major age milestone since my entry into adulthood... and I ask myself what on earth I've done with my life.
Don't worry, this isn't a bout of depression... this is just me emptying my head, as usual :-)