The one about my pretty jazzed up 35th birthday
I have not always had the best relationship with aging because of the "forever young" fad that has been a part of society and life in general. We have been thought to romanticise the idea of not looking our age and all that jazz. In my case, it was not about not looking my age, it was about expectations. Almost every year up until about 2 years ago, I would aways cry on my birthday because it looked to me like I was not doing well enough in life in direct comparison to whatever age I was turning at the time. However, 2023 has taught me a valuable lesson about appreciating every living moment. I was reminded that every breath…