# @courtgard on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CEu_vC2AF1w
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61480828-courtgard-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2020-09-05T00:13:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Courtney Gardner Clason (@courtgard) — https://gondola.cc/courtgard

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Today is my last day of being 30, tomorrow I’ll be 31. On my 30th birthday I had a full blown melt down. Honestly, I’m still not really sure why, but I did 😂. I think I was sad to say goodbye to a decade that had been so insanely amazing. How could anything beat my twenties?! 

My Aunt Gail once encouraged me years ago to “take an inventory” of my year. To sit and reflect. And this week I’ve been doing just that....
In the first year of my thirties I:
- Started off with a montage of amazing video messages from all of my friends and family members (thank you Chels 😭)
- Hiked and camped along the Inca Trail and into Machu Picchu with my mom, one of my childhood best friends, and her mom. It was a trip of a life time. 
- Adopted 3 kitties 
- Traveled to England for work and Ireland for fun #C&Cgoglobal
- Moved to San Diego
- Designed and bought my first home with Isaac and the girls 
- Became an Aunt!!!
- Met amazing neighbors and became fast friends 
- Watched my Dad get married! (Via FaceTime, damn you COVID)
- Added two amazing puppies to our zoo
- Made President’s Club
- Watched one of my best friends get promoted (again)/ and one take on an amazing new career opportunity (not my life, but makes me so so happy)
- Got my makeup done for this photo by my boyfriend’s ex-wife (& mom to the girls) who is amazing and hysterical and talented. We have the greatest modern family. 
- Got promoted to lead an incredible team of 10 individuals 

Needless to say, I don’t know if I can beat this last year! 30 you were so good to me, but can’t wait for what 31 brings! 

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#lifeisgood #birthdaygirl #31 #grateful #reflecting #thirties #sandiego #homeowner #bestfriends #auntie #machupicchu #motherdaughtertrip #puppies #kitties #modernfamily #promotion #peopleleader

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machupicchu, puppies, grateful, peopleleader, motherdaughtertrip, sandiego, auntie, promotion, kitties, thirties, 31, modernfamily, birthdaygirl, reflecting, c, bestfriends, lifeisgood, homeowner

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