What are the things I’m looking for?

Writing progress. New recipes. Family bonding. Freedom from bondage. The ability and wisdom to rest. Quotes in books. Eggs.

Having friends and having a birthday is a good reminder that there are others who are in on the project of me being alive and me finding joy. I really don't deserve so much goodness in one life, on one birthday. 

I am on a Gretchen Rubin kick. She reminds me that it’s okay to construct my life and my habits on the foundation of who I am. This is not to say I shouldn’t regularly push past my own self-regard to give attention to others. But I also shouldn’t feel bad if I prefer walking the hills in my Greenville neighborhood to walking the Great Wall.