Jennifer Garner and I were supposed to talk about sunscreen. Garner, Neutrogena's 17-year-old face, had a virtual round with journalists at Melanoma Awareness Month to discuss beauty brand skin care research and how she didn't burn in the middle of the summer.

However, Zoom's conversation about skin care layering (she uses an SPF-based primer when she's on set), funding for research (Neutrogena has pulled outド100 million for the Melanoma Research Foundation), and questionable habits of Generation Z (according to the brand's latest research with YouGov). Somewhere (48% of Hort believes "base tan" prevents sunburn), I hinted to 13 of the 30 stars that my skin care routine lacks SPF. It's also age and lacks overall consistency, even though it's an industry I'm definitely familiar with.

So Garner paused to ask me a question in the song of her most memorable character: "Are you 30 years old, frivolous, prosperous?""I told her the truth: I'm 29 years old, and "Prosperity" barely covers how I feel. In fact, I've admitted that "fearing everything existentially" is a better explanation between my skin condition and growing up in general. I feel the same way about my circle of close friends approaching my 30th birthday.

These little remarks were the bat signal Garner I needed to give me a pep talk about aging that I immediately sent to my groupchat.

In terms of skin care, Garner said I had enough time to "turn the ship."Garner says she grew up in a family that took care of her own skin, but she still had to work to keep her good habits as an adult. In her bathroom where she can see them, at the door of her car, and in size to gifts to her friends and family貯蔵 the hardworking

who are stocked everywhere taking care of herself facilitates the transition from year to year, and it is as much a spiritual practice as a physical one. Garner said that over time, every year, it feels more like a gift than sounding an alarm. And I should probably know better, but it's worth repeating: Aging is not something to be afraid of.

"Tell all your friends their 30s—it just keeps getting better and better thirties are great. It is better in the 40s. The 50s seem to be better than that," she said. "So raise your chin, it's all fine.

Garner remembers too well that the transition to the new 10-year can feel like standing on the edge of a precipice. "By the time my group of friends turned 50, we were all calm, but at 30, I thought turning 30 was the biggest thing I've ever done," she recalled. "When do I give birth to a child?"It's just such a big upheaval happening.Or, "Oh, no, can I have a child?" or, "Oh, no, can I have a child?" or, "Oh, no, can I have a child?" or, "Oh, no, can I have a child?""And it's just stress."

But she has a low-key, cost-free wellness ritual that has gotten her through. "Try to balance it with joy," she advised.

Since we talked, Garner's advice has stuck in my head as I'm ready for the morning. When I'm tempted to roll out of bed and go straight to my commute, without a little bit of sunscreen or a minute or so to myself, I beat the play on my mental record: "Don't forget to make room for pleasure," and, in her example, SPF. They are two small additions that can take a better year day by day.