Glennon

Okay. One of my birthdays a couple 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.

Okay. One of my birthdays a couple 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 spotlit and put into contrast.

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 spotlit and put into contrast.

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 spotlit and put into contrast.

It's like a referendum on your life. That's how a birthday can feel. That's one reason why birthdays are hard. What do you think, Sissy?

It's like a referendum on your life. That's how a birthday can feel. That's one reason why birthdays are hard. What do you think, Sissy?

It's like a referendum on your life. That's how a birthday can feel. That's one reason why birthdays are hard. What do you think, Sissy?

And it's like a forced stillness. It's like for the rest of the days, we can busy up and like conjure up our own worthiness. We can make it so we can call the people. We can show up. We can do the email. We can like busy ourselves up and reach outward to prove to ourselves that we are important and loved and whatever.

And it's like a forced stillness. It's like for the rest of the days, we can busy up and like conjure up our own worthiness. We can make it so we can call the people. We can show up. We can do the email. We can like busy ourselves up and reach outward to prove to ourselves that we are important and loved and whatever.

And it's like a forced stillness. It's like for the rest of the days, we can busy up and like conjure up our own worthiness. We can make it so we can call the people. We can show up. We can do the email. We can like busy ourselves up and reach outward to prove to ourselves that we are important and loved and whatever.

But on our birthday, it's like this different posture where we just have to sit there and wait if other people reach out to us. Like we can't put ourselves in their lives. We have to see if they care enough about us to leave their own lives and reach out to us sitting in our house.

But on our birthday, it's like this different posture where we just have to sit there and wait if other people reach out to us. Like we can't put ourselves in their lives. We have to see if they care enough about us to leave their own lives and reach out to us sitting in our house.

But on our birthday, it's like this different posture where we just have to sit there and wait if other people reach out to us. Like we can't put ourselves in their lives. We have to see if they care enough about us to leave their own lives and reach out to us sitting in our house.

Yeah. Interesting. Interesting. It's like all nostalgic. Yeah. Nostalgic can make us sick. Okay. So if you really think about how we've set up birthdays for ourselves in our culture, we have made a pile of things that drive us nuts, that actually make human beings miserable. So birthdays are based on number one, expectations.

Yeah. Interesting. Interesting. It's like all nostalgic. Yeah. Nostalgic can make us sick. Okay. So if you really think about how we've set up birthdays for ourselves in our culture, we have made a pile of things that drive us nuts, that actually make human beings miserable. So birthdays are based on number one, expectations.

Yeah. Interesting. Interesting. It's like all nostalgic. Yeah. Nostalgic can make us sick. Okay. So if you really think about how we've set up birthdays for ourselves in our culture, we have made a pile of things that drive us nuts, that actually make human beings miserable. So birthdays are based on number one, expectations.

We have this idea that's just hidden from everyone else of what we hope will happen or we think should happen or we expect should happen based on this or that or that.

We have this idea that's just hidden from everyone else of what we hope will happen or we think should happen or we expect should happen based on this or that or that.

We have this idea that's just hidden from everyone else of what we hope will happen or we think should happen or we expect should happen based on this or that or that.