Embracing My Thirties: A Bridge Between Eras
Each year around my birthday I love to reflect on the past year and vision for the year to come. This year, however, feels different. I'm not just looking back at the past year, but at the entire journey of my life. It's a moment of significant transition, a bridge between two distinct eras. There are so many lessons and so much wisdom I've learned and gleaned throughout my 30 years. In reflecting on these contemplations I wanted to share a few with you.
Endings | Beginnings
This is the ending of the era of my 20s and the beginning of a new era: my thirties. I've often contemplated endings, and as you may recall, I even wrote an entire letter last year about the illusion of endings and the power of beginnings. My 20s were devoted to my personalized PhD Program, it was a time full of learning, growth, and evolution. Now, I stand at the threshold of my thirties, ready to embrace a new chapter marked by deeper transformation, leadership, and conscious creation. To create the new, we must release what was. In this light, I am letting go of who I was and embracing who I truly am.
Life: A Series of Lessons and Wisdom
This is a pivotal birthday for me as a 6/2 Generator in Human Design. For those of you who don't know, there are 6 lines in Human Design, two specific lines combine to form a profile (ie. 6/2). The 6 line goes through three phases of life. For my first 30 years I lived as a 3 line, the phoenix who rises from the ashes. The first 30 years of the 3 line's life can be incredibly intense, contrasting, and challenging, which felt true of my life. It is through the challenges and experiences of life that we glean the wisdom to lead and support others through our lived and embodied experience. Now that I am entering the second phase 30-50, I am embracing the 6th line and will be integrating and sharing more of the wisdom from these catalytic experiences. Here are some key pieces of wisdom I've been contemplating from the lessons I've learned:
Story & Self Concept
How do you see yourself? What stories do you tell yourself about your life, relationships, and career? Our narratives profoundly impact our self-concept, and vice versa. For me, 2024 was a year of truly becoming Anna Finck, connecting deeply with my authentic self and uncovering where old narratives no longer supported my self-concept and vision.
Trust the Timing
So much of my life was lived rushing, feeling behind, and questioning my path. I'm learning to embrace the power of trusting my own divine timing, knowing that everything unfolds as it should. There is a stark difference between time and timing. Time relates to our mind's attachment to a particular timeline. Timing corresponds to the inherent intelligence of the universe's aligned timing.
Learning Through Contrast
Contrast has been a powerful teacher. I've often experienced that which I don't want which clarified what I do desire. It's through living and experiencing life, not just conceptualizing it, that true wisdom is born. Often the deepest lessons come through a contrasting experience rather than a validating experience. Contrast creates clarity and that is powerful. Instead of shaming ourselves for experiencing contrast we get to remember our power to reframe it and leverage it for true transformation and alignment.
Creation | Reaction
So many spend their lives searching outside themselves, unknowingly radiating a frequency of lack.
Creation is anchored in faith and trust in yourself, your vision, and The Universe. Reaction is rooted in fear and doubt. We hold immense power to create and shape our lives and experiences. When we are in reactive mode, we disconnect from creative mode. Reaction spurs more frequencies of fear, doubt, lack etc. Creation amplifies frequencies of faith, trust, and love. In each moment we have the power to choose what we will create. Our thoughts and stories about things create feelings and emotions which inspire our actions.
Be Silent | Listen
One of the most powerful contemplations in my 20s was realizing that the words silent and listen contain the same letters. In order to truly listen we must be silent. The answers you seek are within. I spent most of my life asking others for the answers and seeking the wisdom outside of myself. All the answers, wisdom and truth we seek reside within. In order to listen, we must embrace the stillness and the silence. It is in the silence that our soul speaks.
Soul-Led Living
I have been living a heart and soul-led life for the past 7 years, following the guidance from within rather than the practical logic of my conditioned mind. Living a soul-led life doesn't make sense to the mind, it is unconventional. It goes against the status quo. I know that we are each here by divine design, here to fulfill a unique purpose. Soul-led living is the way we were designed to experience life. It is from this place that the magic, miracles, and synchronicities emerge.
30 Years | 30 Wisdoms
1. Less is More
2. It’s not about how it looks, rather how it feels
3. Trust Your Divine Timing
4. Embrace Where You Are
5. Here is an Essential Part of “There”
6. Creation | Reaction — same letters with distinct meaning. We are either living in creation or reaction. The choice is ours.
7. Faith > Fear
8. Facing Your Fears Leads to Your Freedom
9. It’s About Who You Are, Not What You Do
10. BEing > DOing
11. Energy is Everything
12. Frequency is Felt
13. Your Transformation is in Your Hands
14. God is within YOU and in everything
15. YOU ARE THE ONE
16. Life is Sacred
17. Truth is a Frequency
18. Magic & Miracles Happen Daily
19. Celebration Compounds
20. Gratitude is the Gateway
21. Health is the Foundation. It’s Your birthright.
22. Your Soul is Always Leading You
23. Resistance Shows You What to Do and Where to Go
24. Your Life is YOURS to create, design, and live
25. Your belief in you matters most.
26. It is truly the journey that is the purpose, not the destination.
27. Presence is the true Present
28. Love and Connection are the Essence of Life
29. You are Designed to Grow
30. ANYTHING is Possible
May you embrace the magic and beauty that is you, your life, and this world.
Thank you for being with me on this journey of growth and transformation!
