Glennon Doyle

We're going to party like it's your birthday.

We're going to drink Bacardi like it's your birthday.

We don't give a fuck because it's your birthday.

Like that.

All right.

I think it's interesting that one of the reasons why I started my friendship journey in the last season where I'm trying to

gather and invest in and work on my friendship life is because it was kind of catalyzed by a birthday.

Catalyzed is a word.

Okay.

One of my birthdays a couple of years ago, I woke up March 20th is my birthday and I

Had a lot of birthday messages from pod squatters and people on the interwebs.

But the whole day from beginning to end, I got four texts from people outside of my family.

Four people, four real life people remembered it was my birthday and reached out to say happy birthday.

And I was like, oh, that feels like really bad.

And I sat with it for a while.

And then I realized that in fact, karma is my boyfriend.

And if you never write back or call anyone or invest in other people.

then they will not invest in you.

It was a birthday because birthdays feel like some kind of big day where the whole life of you is tested and like spot lit and put into contrast.

It's like a referendum on your life.