i turn 43 tomorrow.
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in lieu of a wisdom, here is a list of

43 things that delight me instead:
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(1-10)

• seeing hummingbirds IRL (don't have them where I'm from)
• seeing rainbows 🌈
• working out at the gym in socks 🧦 (even if i'm the only one)
• elders who keep on dancing (if you have white hair and you still boogie, we need you 💘)
• lucid dreaming / dream practice (we spend about 33% of our life sleeping, so I have been asleep for 14.19 sleep years. Should we have sleep birthdays also?)
• making party games where none existed (hire me to make your event more fun)
• lay flat notebooks
• sparkling water concoctions
• tiny stuff. the tinier the better.
• classical memes. what do we think of this one i made?

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(11-20)

• improv comedy shows - quick-witted joke spittin' yesss
• helping people get their asses over their head. even better if they enjoy it.
• animal: jerboas (think: gerbil-kangaroo)
• animal: belugas (artic white whales)
• animal: vampire finches (cute little birds that suck blood)
• BOOKSTOOOOOOORES - hold me back... no, don't 🥵📚
• book cover art (ps: I have plans to write some this decade. One of them is about feet and the conflation of aesthetics with safety.)
• kombucha that is actually fizzy
• Vietnamese cuisine - so fresh 🍲
• climbing a tree in socks to hang with young orangutans
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(21-30)

• Brazilian zouk dancing & music with friends 🇧🇷
• exploring possibility space 🕳️
• word play
• playgrounds that welcome adults, too
• organizing Notion databases. mine, yours. doesn't matter.
• making linear things circular and spirally (obvi)
• walking on soft, uneven terrain
• crispy, salty potato skins 🥔
• mola mola fish / sun fish - SO large, so odd. i hope to meet one.
• lumpsucker fish (see image ↓ )

(31-40)

• seeing unrestrained expressions of creativity that are also a bit chaotic
• sculptures that allow you to climb them (not many, fyi)
• fine tip smooth-rolling pens .5-.8mm for tiny writing
• saying the word sustentaculum (a foot anatomy bit)
• the word deliquesce: to melt away or become liquid
• the way my thoughts rearrange in sunlit coffeeshops
• bouncing
• learning about prehistoric animals like giant ground sloths and the tiny elephants (like dog-sized) that used to roam Europe. us humans are SO RECENT 👀
• tie-dye cotton sweats. i dont care if no longer trending, its a lifestyle
• ​​doing pull-ups on trees and then saying "thank u tree" 🙏🏼 🌳

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(41-43)

• wearing sarongs as clothes
• carrying other humans
• leading others into expansion + ease through movement practice💜
  i can't imagine any other work. thank you for following along- including opening this very email.

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