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If you’re approaching your thirtieth birthday then chances are you’re about to start the luckiest year of your life, according to research. The first year of your thirties has been named as the luckiest age on average, with examples of good luck dwindling as you get older. The survey of 2,000 adults revealed that six in 10 of us consider ourselves to be lucky people, while 82 per cent believe we make our own luck. We reckon jewellery are our luckiest items, followed by pants, socks and even favourite old toys. One respondent’s luckiest story told of a friend arranging for an instructor to teach them to drive, who turned into their fiancé after just six weeks of lessons – they’ve now been married for 48 years. One remembered going to meet an old friend at hospital who they hadn’t seen for a while, and from that moment they fell in love and are growing old together.