As I am months away from turning 30, I am feeling the pressure to settle down and have babies more than ever. So far, I haven't been asked outright by my family when I'm going to have children, but as I get older, I can sense their nervousness about my future and their worries about when I'm going to becoming a mother. After I turned 25, more and more of my close friends began having children, getting married, and starting their new lives, but that wasn't my journey just yet. I felt like I had and still have goals and things I wanted to accomplish on my own before I can take that step.
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I view motherhood as one of the most beautiful experiences a woman can live through. From an outsider's point of view, I have seen how children can change a woman for the better and give them a sense of fulfillment and a love that is unmatched. I also know that there is so much more to women than being mothers. There are plenty of successful women I know who adore being mothers, while others who have waited to have children until they felt fully ready and are just as happy. There's no right or wrong way to go about it, and I believe everyone has different timelines and reasons as to why they haven't become parents. For me, there have been an array of reasons why I have put it off. Not being financially, emotionally, or physically ready some years ago slowed down my timeline. Ideally, I saw myself becoming a mom before entering this new decade, but I know now that there's nothing wrong with waiting—and there's certainly no need to jump into motherhood just because a clock or society says you should.