Ahead of the special day, Lohan told PEOPLE she was "feeling great" as she headed into her 40s
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- Lindsay Lohan reflects on her 40th birthday, sharing gratitude for her family, career resurgenceand personal growth
- She looks back on her life through decades, highlighting milestones like becoming a mother and returning to acting success
- Lohan says her 40s will focus on creating meaningful projects and building a life with intention and purpose
Lindsay Lohan is ushering in a new decade!
The iconic actress turns 40 on Thursday, July 2, and is celebrating the milestone birthday with her loved ones. Ahead of the special day, Lohan told PEOPLE she was "feeling great" as she headed into her 40s.
"I don't feel it internally, so that's great," she said. "I'm excited. My life is great, and I'm very grateful, and I'm just very happy. Looking forward to it."
As for how she planned to celebrate, the Freakier Friday actress said she was going to ring in the new decade "just with family and close friends."
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In a sentimental post on Instagram celebrating her birthday, Lohan looked back on her impressive past decade — which includes marrying husband Bader Shammas, welcoming son Luai and experiencing a career resurgence with hits like Our Little Secret and Freakier Friday — and the two that came before.
In the post, she followed the social media trend of "I'm 40, but I once was …," looking back on every decade of her life. For her 30s, she described herself as feeling "grounded, fulfilled, full circle" and included photos of herself with her husband and son, writing, "This decade changed everything in the most meaningful ways."
"I got married, became a mother and understood a deeper kind of love, one that reshaped what truly matters," she wrote. "Returning to Freakier Friday felt like a full-circle moment, a reminder of where I began and how much I've grown along the way. I'm no longer searching for who I am, I'm living it. Choosing family, choosing purpose, and creating a life that feels as good as it looks."
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As for her 20s, Lohan wrote that at the time she felt "unstoppable, exposed, becoming iconic."
"Everything moved fast, often faster than I could process," she reflected. "Mean Girls became a voice for a generation, Herbie: Fully Loaded carried me into something bigger, brighter, louder."
Lohan continued, "There was success, attention, expectation — and underneath it, a girl still figuring herself out. I was learning through experience, through pressure, through mistakes, trying to hold onto who I was while the world decided who I should be."
Reflecting on being 10, Lohan included photos of herself filming The Parent Trap and as just a toddler, saying that age was filled with "discovering, performing, dreaming bigger."
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"I was already working before I even understood what discipline meant. I've been in this business since I was 18 months old," she wrote. "The Parent Trap was just ahead, and something inside me knew my life was about to change."
As for what's next, Lohan wrote that in her 40s, there's "still so much I want to create."
"Exciting stories, ones that connect with people and also make them laugh, stories that feel honest and moments that stay with people long after the screen fades," she said of the projects she wants to work on in the future.
Lohan added that she's "building with intention now" in both her business, career and personal life by "choosing what aligns, what lasts, what matters."
"The best chapters aren't behind me. They're the ones I'm stepping into," she concluded her post.
In the caption, Lohan echoed her sentiments to PEOPLE, saying she is feeling "grateful" for every "chapter" that brought her to 40.
"This next decade feels different. More grounded. More intentional. More joyful," she wrote. "Here's to family, friendship, new beginnings, and making the most beautiful memories yet."
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When she turned 30, Lohan joked to PEOPLE she felt more like "uh-oh" than excited, since it didn't "feel like 21." Now, she's welcoming 40 in a completely different mindset — while bearing in mind the important lesson she learned in this last decade: "the value of time."
"That time is precious, and sometimes we forget time goes by so quickly that we should really enjoy every moment to its fullest," she said.
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