32-year-old thoughts

Today is my 32nd birthday! A lot of people complain about getting older, but this year I feel great. Every year I get more comfortable in my own skin, and honestly life has never been better 🙂

One of the fun things about writing is going back and reading something a past version of yourself wrote. For that reason, I wanted to do a quick snapshot of my state of mind today before I head out for a delicious birthday dinner with loved ones.

Here are some things that feel important to me right now, in no particular order:

• Exercise has to be the #1 return-on-investment for time spent. Seriously such a small amount of time and energy for such drastic benefits across the board. So cool
• Reading is probably very close behind - I should figure out a way to make a living off of reading lol
• I’m finally learning that no one cares, which is very freeing
• I used to try so hard to be everything, now I’m realizing I can just be me - some people will love me, some people won’t, and that’s totally fine
• There’s no such thing as a universal “ideal life” - I get to craft my own!
• Why did I ignore cardio and stretching for so long?
• Video games are getting less fun
• Being outside is getting more fun
• I hate social media
• Having fun shouldn’t be the #1 priority all the time
• Getting sick is the absolute worst, we should all be washing our hands way more often
• Delayed gratification is almost always better than instant gratification (film photos!!)

I saw this quote today that resonated a lot. It's attributed to Kurt Vonnegut, I did some quick research and honestly this quote is probably more of a paraphrase than a direct quote but I still love it.

I once told my wife I was going out to buy an envelope: “Oh,” she said, “well, you’re not a poor man. You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet?” And so I pretended not to hear her. And went out to get an envelope because I have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope. I meet a lot of people. And see some great looking babies. And a fire engine goes by. And I give them the thumbs up. And I’ll ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don’t know. The moral of the story is – we’re here on Earth to fart around.

Here’s to another year of farting around.