Happy Birthday, friend. You’ve made it enough revolutions around the sun to have seen half a lifetime of things; and you’re doing great for reaching that milestone, despite all the setbacks you’ve recently had.
Perhaps you might get your objectives for the following year committed to paper; and start working on that “season 40” journal you were so hyped about getting into, though you didn’t know how you wanted to go about bringing it to life.
And now, let’s get started on working through another year of revolutions around the sun.