I Turn 24 Today

Today is my birthday. I’m turning 24.

I don’t really know how I’m supposed to feel about it

— or whether I’m supposed to feel anything special at all.

24 doesn’t sound like a particularly significant age.

Numbers like 25, 30, or 35 feel like bigger milestones.

But still… I’m excited.

As turn 24, today…..

I probably am grateful and happy with where I am right now

And with everything around me

I think I’m doing fine.

Of course, deep down there are a billion things I wish were better.

But I guess that’s not really how life works.

So I’ll leave that aside.

What I do hope is that 24 will be better than the past years

— maybe the year I get closer to some of those billion things I want.

People often ask themselves whether their younger selves would be proud of them.

For me, I sometimes feel like telling my younger self to relax a bit.

Life isn’t as simple as it looks when you’re younger.

There are many things your younger self simply can’t understand yet.

so maybe it’s not fair for them to judge who you become later.

Now that I’m 24, I feel like I have a slightly clearer idea of how life actually looks.

Not everything — just a little more than before.

Hopefully that helps me make better decisions for the future.

And maybe one day, the future version of me will look back and be proud.

For now though…

Happy birthday to me.