Arbitrary or no, there are things about forty that just make a person want to achieve by this birthday. In my case, it’s not always specific goals, more like a notion of “when I’ve grown up”—and FORTY is undeniably grown, right—I will have done these things. And, maybe I will have. I am getting married…
39 things I want to continue doing before my 39th birthday (NOT in order): loving skiing happy relationship supporting others enjoying max time outside so many friends neph neighbros saying no time with dad time with mama rest lifting the body I like moving through space neat house volleyball hot cowboy pool climbing dinner parties…
I am crushing it… even though for most of the year I forgot about this list. Seems it was a truly good one to pursue. Here’s how it went: 3 BIG THINGS Kick ass at new job OH YEAH Unfurl this heart Um, actually, yeah … single much of the year but still managing to unfurl…
All of the people I love, loved on me on Tuesday, and before and after. It was awesome. If you’re reading this, you probably loved on me, so thank you thank you thank you. >>> there was a pool, a P6, a Better Half, there were so many laughs and flowers and A BARBELL and…
Because no one cares about a faux celeb turning 36 and I can do whatever I want and it’s a pandemic so no one has any idea what the next year will look like … 3 BIG THINGS Kick ass at new job Unfurl this heart Save $$ for Tahoe condo 7 lil things Make…
I published my won’t-do before 36 list last year before my birthday, and almost forgot about it—my 36th birthday is really sneaking up on me. I think I did a damn fine job of accomplishing everything on this list through some serious f*cking challenges, personal and global. Through a really traumatic job and subsequent job…
I won’t stop pursuing sublime happiness. I don’t always know what that looks like, but I know it when I feel it. I won’t forget to be vulnerable. I forgot earlier this year that this was my goal, but I won’t lose sight of this need again. I won’t see all the places in the…
She may not care about her birthday, but it’s an important milestone, so I will care for her. To the best mama. … or maybe I care more because it means my 35th is impending??
As if I haven’t already done enough (cough, buying a house, cough) in the days after my 34th birthday, I am brainstorming a list of things I want to do over the next year… Furnish my house – in a beautiful, cohesive way Build a bench for my dining room table with my dad Redo…
I am 34 tomorrow. Thirty-four is somehow so much older than 33, and two weeks ago I prepared a post for this Feel Good Friday that didn’t actually feel very good, deep in the angsty throes of self-reflection about what it means to be a certain age at which I suddenly feel like I should…