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Spending my birthday every year listening to Norah Jones, Sunrise oooon repeat. Having a special birthday ritual to celebrate a new year of goodness 🍥
Mar 31, 2024
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Every year on my birthday I listen to my favorite album (In Colour by Jamie xx) and take a walk! I started a few new traditions this year - making a playlist consisting of songs that remind me of the past year and i cap the song # at last year's age. Also, I donate to an organization or charity I admire in the amount of the age I am turning (:
Jun 24, 2024
it's my birthday tomorrow and i dont know how to explain it, but this track/album has really resonated with me as i reflect on what a birthday means to me and how i want to spend my time here (earth, not the app). i find myself being very reflective, and grateful to have found this song. it feels like one of those moments thats just the right thing at the right time.
also - i love the album cover, incredible. it gives off the same energy as a project ive been working on; glad i could find just a little bit more inspiration.
Jan 22, 2024
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my birthday often falls the week of thanksgiving, so i usually just take the day off as a "extending the long weekend" if i don't already get it off. since i moved to the west coast ~3 years ago and most of my friends and family are back in new york, every year on my birthday in the morning i make sure to:
1. respond to every single birthday text i got, and if possible hop on a quick call with as many people as i can. basically just a gratitude practice of "hey as i've gotten older i've not only developed meaningful relationships, i've also held onto a lot of meaningful relationships."
2. eat breakfast out; i think my birthday breakfast for the last two years has been Oddfellows Café + Bar (oddfellowscafe.com), but taking the time to have an extra special solo (or with my partner) breakfast keeps the scaries at bay for at least a couple hours
3. going shopping for a birthday gift for myself in person so i have something to open when i get home.
after that it's pretty much just about having a couple extra things to do during my day like trying a new restaurant / going to a favorite for lunch, running a "fun" errand like dropping off film to get scanned, and then meeting local friends for either dinner out and / or cake and games back at my apartment, etc.
having something where i can look back and feel like i did something is all i'm looking for; i think through my late teens / early twenties i put a lot of emphasis on wanting my my birthday to feel "special" which meant it was doomed to not be "special" enough. since pivoting to having fun my birthday has felt a lot more special since it's just different from the monotony of a normal day, and there wasn't any extra pressure on it
Apr 1, 2024
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Embracing impermanence and the endless cycle of new beginnings 🌝🌝🌝
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Perfect Days by Wim Wenders, shows you the beauty of everyday life
The Worst Person in the World, simply showing life & love how it is
Aftersun, a deeply moving debut film which tells you the whole story in between the lines
Beautiful Boy, deeply moving story about addiction & the relationship between father & son
High Fidelity (the Zoë Kravitz Version), simply levels up your music taste, really good remake
Normal People (better if you read the book first), unglorifies life & love in the most beautiful way
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