IT'S MY BIRTHDAY AND I HAVE A REQUEST
Hi dear one,
Another year around the sun. Allegedly wiser, definitely still confused, just on a higher level. Which I’m told is progress.
Next year is a big one. The one that starts with a six. I’m not dreading it, I’m actually kind of here for it. But this year, 59, feels like the inhale before something shifts.
And somewhere in this past year, between the questions I still can’t answer and the ones I finally stopped asking, I got clearer about this little corner of the internet and why it matters to me. You matter to me. The conversations we’re having here, about AI, about staying human inside all of it, about what yogic philosophy actually has to say about this strange moment we’re all living through, I don’t take any of that lightly.
So for my birthday, one ask. Simple, friendly and honest.
If you’ve been reading and enjoying and maybe thinking about supporting me by going paid, today is the day. Not because of a discount or a bonus. Just because it’s my birthday and it would genuinely make me super happy and pay for my coconuts in Bali. It's only 5 euros a month or 50 for the whole year.
Come in closer. I’ll save you a seat.
Love, cheers and confetti.
Kim 59 and gloriously confused :)
My partner and I are celebrating a birthday this weekend - his not mine. He's 56, but as willowy as ever. For us it is a good excuse to spend some time in one of his favourite places. and mine, a lovely town further up the coast.
Reading the experiences of others and the research of others has been the catalyst, and an essential part of my journey towards truth. This journey is a compensation for the less good parts of getting older. Your honest account of mid-life in this beautiful but strange world of ours is part of that.
Happy Birthday!
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