The Official 30th Birthday Book: Life is short. Live now.

As thirty creeps up, something happens. Some of us, women especially, we go and temporarily lose our minds. For whatever reason, we start to panic. It’s as though the nursing home signs have been posted, the route laid out, and we have no choice but to accept that life is basically over. Just shut up and get in line for your meds.

Through fun activities and exercises, The Official 30th Birthday Book gives you the opportunity to take stock in your experiences and use that information to plan a more fulfilling life. Between the exercises, Delacroix mixes in suggestions for shaking up your routine and trying new things. Both the specificity and the novelty are just enough to smash any mental ruts and inspire you to think proactively and positively.

Whether followed page-by-page, or flipped through loosely, you’ll find new ways to embrace and capitalize on this special birthday. The goal is to relinquish any anxiety and reservations entering this phase and embrace this new decade of your life with vivaciousness and zeal. Instead of shying away, lean into it.

At the end of the day, it’s all about conquering fears, pursuing life passions, getting silly, gaining clarity about the future, learning from the past, and living each moment more fully than the last.