A Birthday Letter To Myself At Thirty-Nine Years Old

Birthday Cake

Happy belated birthday to me! Another year older, another year wiser…or so they say. But this year, I’m not just getting older but cutting strings and shedding layers. Because since 2019, I’ve been writing birthday revelations to myself.

I’m not doing it for you, dear reader, I’m doing it for me. To document my growth, to look back and reflect, and to prove to myself that…