03/02/2025
I turned 35 in TOKYO! 02/15/25 🗼🇯🇵
And? I was lucky enough to win a DearSD Mai at Tenshi no Mado. We share a birthday now! 🩷
But, the day wasn't without challenges. Life has recently been overbearing with lots of stress, health problems, and anxiety, which really caught up with me when the jetlag hit on the 15th. While I was grateful to feel well during the day to go to Mado, I did not feel well in the evening and didn't get the chance to have a birthday cake or dinner.
Moments like that remind me why I travel and experience these things - because I won't always feel well enough or even have the opportunity to do the things that I love. Some things in life will be out of our control, but we make the best of it. While I was sad to have missed half of my birthday, I was grateful to have felt well enough during the day and to even have made it back to Japan at all. Life is short, and there will always be hurdles, but I will always try my best to find peace and follow my heart, despite it all, while I am still healthy enough to make these journeys. Be grateful and enjoy everything that you have and everything you're able to do. Be proud of yourself, and love yourself more too. Here's to 35 being a fresh, blank page to write into. 🩷
