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Mayank's avatar

Happy belated birthday, Andrew! Love the list. Nirja and I moved to OKC a few years back to be closer to her family. Let me know if you are ever passing through - it'd be great to catch up. We can skip "What a Pro Wants" renditions.

Also, I'd think you'd make for a solid drummer.

Eugene Kim's avatar

You’re a gift, AU. I turned 40 last year, and it’s nice knowing a lot of my weird little irks and nerves about life are a shared experience, alongside the wonderful gifts we get here.

Shane O'Connor's avatar

Great stuff AU! Need you on my pod to discuss sleep

Andrew Unterberger's avatar

lol anything about it in particular

Shane O'Connor's avatar

I start with “how do you sleep at night?” and then see where that takes us!

Evan's avatar

AU this was incredible, thank you for sharing it with the community!

coords1306's avatar

Happy belated birthday. My 45th was yesterday. June is the best month to have a birthday in as far as I can tell. So much in here is relatable. Winter sucks and I get why older people move south even if there are alligators down there eating people. I do think if you are aware enough to know that you may not be wanted in a conversation your probably way ahead of the curve in the department. The NYT had an article a few years ago that basically said most of us suck at knowing both when we are talking too much. Can't edit conversations in real time.

Its not for everyone but my own fear of death has been lessened by going to Church more and taking my time to work through the Bible with others and also on my own. It helped that both my father-in-law, my own father, and even a lady that runs a bed and breakfast we go to every year all seemed to sense my anxiety 5 or 7 years ago and in conversation mentioned each in their own way not being afraid of death. I can't say I'm not afraid of it but I've come to better terms with it.

As far as not being in on the latest pop culture trends...that just makes me more appreciative of the window of time we got to live in. My favorite writer at the moment..your on the list too, but he's my favorite, wrote it the best here. https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/its-so-sad-when-old-people-romanticize

Go Sixers

Brian S's avatar

AU this is the best thing you've ever written. You should do this for every decade moving forward.