I relate. Like Valentine’s Day and New Year’s Eve, the way that we have been brought up to view birthdays seems like a bit of a set-up. I have recently tried to let go of the significance of my birthday, as there is often some disappointment… I’m not sure if that is a healthy or unhealthy reaction. Lowering expectations? Or healthy reframing? Massages are always an appropriate birthday activity under whatever psychological framing we adopt!! Happy belated Birthday Jess 💕
Woe to those
Tardy to our parties
Hosted by poets
You’re sugar to our yeast
And you didn’t even know it
And now we all feast
On your warm crusty loafs
Hold hands
Give thanks
To the tardy oafs
This made me think of the podcast We Can Do Hard Things with Priya Parker, episode 256, how to make gatherings intentional.
You may already know this as someone who hosts Dinners With Strangers.
The dichotomy is real here 😉
I relate. Like Valentine’s Day and New Year’s Eve, the way that we have been brought up to view birthdays seems like a bit of a set-up. I have recently tried to let go of the significance of my birthday, as there is often some disappointment… I’m not sure if that is a healthy or unhealthy reaction. Lowering expectations? Or healthy reframing? Massages are always an appropriate birthday activity under whatever psychological framing we adopt!! Happy belated Birthday Jess 💕