Quantum Leap

On the day added to signify this leap year my mind drifts to the idea of time.  It was Einstein who gave of us the “theory of relativity" and prompted the notion that time is relative.  This makes me think, who really governs our time, or better said what time is it?  

The leap year was put in place to insure that our system of time would always match up with the astronomical occurrences that govern it.  So basically the powers that be got together and decided to add or subtract a day here and there to insure things were running smoothly.  Just like that, you need a day? Well here's a day, got too many days? Ok we're taking a day lol.  Time passed from one year to the next, just like that.  

Now that I think about it, whole generations have been moved right before our eyes. When my moms' generation turned 30 it was like they were much older than that, their finances and family life were all in order for the most part.  Most of the people in that generation owned their own homes by the time they turned 30 and were heavily invested into 401k accounts.  Now my sisters' generation was not so focused in their pursuit of a stable life.  By the time she turned 30 there was much left to be attained and settled both personally and financially, and I’m guessing that she wasn’t the only one in her generation feeling like this.  So because of the wide spread shortcomings of her generation time was shifted again, 30 became the new 20, just like that. Not where you feel you should be in this ten year span? Ok, here's another ten years lol.  

Now as for me and my generation, I can’t really get a bead on where we fall when it comes to the 30 year milestone.  Are we closer to my moms' generation where most of us are settled and clear about where we've been and where we're going? Or are we most like my sisters' generation and need another ten years to get things in order?  30 can be an old 40, a new 20 or some type of freaky teenage type thing, or it can simply be another made up date on a made up calendar.  

Einstein established that time is relative and with that said when I turn 30 it will be just that, 30 no more, no less.