{"id":1269,"date":"2014-10-21T17:57:55","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T00:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/?p=1269"},"modified":"2014-10-21T17:57:55","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T00:57:55","slug":"30-days-to-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2014\/10\/21\/30-days-to-30\/","title":{"rendered":"30 days to 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, here we go!<\/p>\n<p>First thing I did was make sure that I&#8217;m actually starting the countdown on the right day. Calendars are awful for this. 31-day months. 28-day months. It&#8217;s awful. <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I wanted to start by writing down what the 18-year old me thought that 30 would look like. Maybe 20-year old. But nonetheless, a much younger, and more naive, version. <\/p>\n<p>At 30 years old I was going to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get married (to Giana)<\/li>\n<li>Have founded a company which was ready to IPO or was a clear acquisition target<\/li>\n<li>Have moved back to NC after an SFO and NYC adventure<\/li>\n<li>Achieved don&#8217;t pay for your room status within a hotel chain in Vegas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And the story only gets more interesting from there<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, here we go! First thing I did was make sure that I&#8217;m actually starting the countdown on the right day. Calendars are awful for this. 31-day months. 28-day months. It&#8217;s awful. Anyway, I wanted to start by writing down what the 18-year old me thought that 30 would look like. Maybe 20-year old. 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