27 was the year i decided to "get my life together"—i read a lot about emotional regulation and cut out a few toxic people. once i cleaned up the inputs, the outputs improved substantially. loved this piece! and happy early birthday from a fellow May baby 👯♀️
I love your writing! I am in my 60s now and if there’s one decade I would never want back it’s my 20s. What a freak show of anxiety. Life made more sense for me after 30, but it’s never easy. Happy Birthday!
This piece was a little trinket-gift wrapped up for us all, given so generously. Thank you. You are so eloquent and so interesting in your turns-of-phrase and the way you relay and render your thoughts. This website teems with essays on what to do with ourselves as we grow older but few of them feel so fresh and wide-eyed as this one; so candid and so able to reckon with yourself, with solipsistic experience. Loved it. Happy early birthday; I hope 27 is your best year yet!
Amazing as always. Things truly fell into place when I was 27 and I personally found that the joy of living only intensified with each passing year. Keep going!
This reminded me of that James Baldwin quote- "You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read". Turns out we're all suffering the same growing pains. Thanks for this.
27 was the year i decided to "get my life together"—i read a lot about emotional regulation and cut out a few toxic people. once i cleaned up the inputs, the outputs improved substantially. loved this piece! and happy early birthday from a fellow May baby 👯♀️
stephanie!! that sounds so exciting. as a fellow may baby i’m going to have to trust you on this 🫂
I love your writing! I am in my 60s now and if there’s one decade I would never want back it’s my 20s. What a freak show of anxiety. Life made more sense for me after 30, but it’s never easy. Happy Birthday!
Barry, this means so much to me - my gratitude is beyond words. thank you! i'm excited!
27 was the most pivotal age of my life thus far. beautiful things began to happen. so excited for you and happy early birthday ❤️
i’m so excited maja 😭 thank youuu
whenever i think someone is a diva, they always end up being a fellow taurus, happy early birthday queen!
thank you soul sister ♉️
This was perfect. I love your mind!! I have never felt more seen. Thank you for sharing
thank you so much – i’m so glad ❣️❣️
This piece was a little trinket-gift wrapped up for us all, given so generously. Thank you. You are so eloquent and so interesting in your turns-of-phrase and the way you relay and render your thoughts. This website teems with essays on what to do with ourselves as we grow older but few of them feel so fresh and wide-eyed as this one; so candid and so able to reckon with yourself, with solipsistic experience. Loved it. Happy early birthday; I hope 27 is your best year yet!
Alice, you've made my week <3 thank you so much!! means the world to me
perfect words - as someone who turned 27 somewhat recently and has been going through it
emilyyyy we're in the trenches but it's fun out here <33
Amazing as always. Things truly fell into place when I was 27 and I personally found that the joy of living only intensified with each passing year. Keep going!
thank you Jake 🤍🤍
also you being a taurus makes so much sense to me and it explains my undying love for you
textbook! 😭 love you sarah endlessly
oh i’ll be revisiting this many many many times
Loved reading this!! Have already sent it on two different group chats, felt very seen having someone validate the struggles of being in your twenties
i’m so happy it spoke to you Julia 💖 thank you for sharing!
you're so brilliantly clever!! loved this, felt so seen in these lines <3
sara! thank you so much! 🩵
This reminded me of that James Baldwin quote- "You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read". Turns out we're all suffering the same growing pains. Thanks for this.
heavy on the pollen 😭😭 you always have a way of speaking directly to my soul 💫
💗💗 protect your airways girl
Just here to say Sarphatipark is my regular park ✨
a spot for great minds <3
This is just incredible. Loved every moment.
thank you so much!