Back with another birthday post - this one is pretty late (been traveling lately), but better late than never!
I didn’t have a master plan for posting every birthday, but the more I think about it, the more I want to commit and actually do it. I think it would be really cool to have a big log of posts to look back on one day, so I can revisit different things that felt important to me at different ages.
My only rule for myself - I can’t overthink, and I can’t spend any time or energy filtering. I just want to dump an accurate representation of my current frame of mind onto the page somehow. So here we go, things that are top of mind for me at the ripe old age of 33:
- Actually writing things on paper and sending snail mail is bringing me a lot of joy and clarity
- Style and fashion are fun, but only in moderation. I’m trying to find the right balance of using clothes and accessories as a fun creative outlet, but not caring too much
- Health, wellness, and feeling good have been top priorities for me recently. I’ve always been pretty consistent with exercise, but lately my reasoning has shifted. I used to feel motivated by looking a certain way, or just going through the motions to help with my anxiety when I wasn’t feeling motivated. Ever since I got more into running a few months back, I’ve felt my mindset shift, where now I just want to increase what my body is capable of. Endurance, flexibility, strength, and overall energy levels feel much more important, with aesthetics as a side effect
- The real world is everything. Screens are not the real world. I’ve always been such a techy boi my whole life so this is surprising to write out, but I’m so burnt out of screens. I’ve spent a mind-boggling amount of time in my life looking at screens. If you think about it, screens are a very recent development in the grand scheme of things. I know feeling weird, sad, depressed, or anxious is a universal part of the human condition throughout history… but for me, if I ever feel weird, sad, depressed, or anxious, it’s almost always related to screens. The remedy is almost always the opposite of screens - walking, talking, reading, writing, throwing a frisbee, feeling the sun or wind or grass or sand
- Real food makes me feel better than manufactured food… this is kinda unfortunate because manufactured food is so tasty, but this is becoming more and more noticeable for me
- Action. Action. Action. Action. Action. Action. Action. Action. Action. Action. Action. Action. Action. Action. Action. Action. Action. Action. Action. Action. Action. Action. Action. Action. Action. Action. Action. Action. Action. Action. Action. Action. Action. I repeated this 33 times for my 33rd birthday because it’s that important for me to remember! I think some things can only really be learned by doing, rather than just thinking
- It’s a real privilege to have people in life who care enough to reach out. I think I used to take that for granted, but moving somewhere new has reminded me of the value of genuine friendship as a salve against loneliness
That's all for now! Once again, here's to another year of farting around.
