Today is my birthday, I am 41 years old.
When I was 39 I realized I was unhappy and feeling trapped in a place without many friends or a sense of community, where everything was so expensive that even with my high paying job I was paycheck to paycheck. Where even the environment felt hostile and strange. I had been trying to make it work for years, and I finally said to myself it's not working. I need to make some big changes.
I quit the job. I moved back across the country. I spent a year doing the Artist's Way, meditating and listening to my intuition, and living on faith.
It didn't feel good, because change never does. It's been a lot of discomfort and confronting fears about maybe I blew up an ok life for a pipe dream of a better one. On my 40th birthday I was unemployed, homeless, and without any clue how it was all going to work out.
But now I have a house with a big deck and a yard for less than half the rent I was paying in the Seattle area for a tiny apartment. I have a job that pays less, but is fully remote and I work with really nice, wonderful people. I lead a community group which is already huge and active even though we aren't even a year old. I have so many friends that when I got hurt this week I've had people checking in on me constantly.
I am feeling blessed and lucky. Things don't work out in our plans, but in God's plan. And as such it works out even better than we could imagine.
I am glad that I was brave enough to make big changes. I am so excited for what the future has in store for me 🥰
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If you like fudging tax numbers and not being a true steward of the public resources and playing constant insane political semantics games then I highly recommend government work in the PNW. There's always jobs because the turnover is high 😂
Thank you 🥰
Thank you Seth 🥰
Thank you Cykros 🥰
I find the good things are rarely the easy things, but they're always worth the effort 😉
Thank you Connie!
That's what I thought too 🤣
You'll make over $150k a year. But you've got to live there and deal with their trifling nonsense in person and spend $140k a year for that privilege 🤑
Thank you Dad 🥰 you too
Leap and the net will appear 🥰
Thank you Zaikaboy 🥰
Thank you, and many blessings to you too Silas 🥰
Thank you Victor 🥰
Thank you Maria, the intuition knows the way even when the path is uncertain 🥰
You may thrive there then 🤣
Happy Birthday 🎂
Thank you friend 🥰
Thank you Cadecain 🥰
Thank you BK 🥰
We'll have to chat sometime about Gateway if that's what you're into ☺️
Happy 20th 21st birthday
Happy birthday love 🎉🎂🥳
Thanks Noshole 🥰
You’re on to something this next year. I can feel it 🫂
Yes you’re still 21!
Have a wonderful day!
I hope you’re feeling better!
From your lips to God's ears!!!!!!
I have a lot of cool projects in the works so I think some really exciting stuff will be happening for me.
And fingers crossed I get laid 🤣😍🍆
🙏🙏🙏🙏to the project stuff, but the getting laid part should be as easy as walking outside 🤭
Thank you! I'm walking a lot better. And my back is good for a morning of chores. I deep cleaned my room this morning, which I'm excited about because it's the first time in this new house. Now for resting, marijuana chocolate and fantasy movies 😁
That’s good to know! You’re welcome! Eat up and relax, sounds like a great time!
I know but it's complicated by me getting emotionally attached so it can't be just everyone. I want someone who's good for me and going to stick around. I have faith though! This is gonna be a good year! 😁
Okay I was gonna say, it’s gotta be something like that because if it were just the getting laid part, I don’t see how you could have an issue 🤷♀️
Well that's part of it. But also I am deeply and unsettlingly weird, and so even people who are physically attracted to me and try to hook up with me will be scared away by just getting to know me
🤣🤷♀️😭
I got sent this a lot when I was younger because I am too far in the danger zone and every man hears the warning bells 🤣
IT'S NOT MY FAULT THE CIA FUCKED WITH MY BRAIN WHEN I WAS A KID!
I thought I was too crazy for a man too. Just found me a crazier one. I’m still a little shook I’m actually married.
And you aren’t weird, most men are just too normal in a weird way
Thanks friend 🫂
One day my prince will come, and he'll be able to handle my random schizo-outbursts 🤣
Oh I have zero doubts. You’re too cool to remain uncalled for much longer 🫂
You're the best, thank you for making me smile 😊
Of course babydoll, keep on smiling 🥰
Awesome... that is a great feel good post. And a perfect example of nostr working right now, today... it doesn't need 10 million for users to be "successful". Congrats to you and your successes!
What a story, thank you for sharing and the inspiration!
Leap of faith sometimes is the longest yet the shortest path to our potential.
Bullish on #dreamstr ✨
I still get scared, because before the net appears I always feel like I'm just plummeting 🤣
But God is good and all things work out in God's plan 🙌
About two years ago I discovered that conspiracy about gifted and talented... And realized a lot of the things I grew up thinking were normal turned out to be not normal. But hey, it explains a lot of the difficulties I've had so I like this perspective well enough 🤣
Always!
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Thanks Helen 🥰
Thank you 🥰
Thank you Telluride 😘
I chose to leave my home. I put my stuff in storage without having a next place set up and without knowing where I was going to go. Me and Aurora spent over a year crashing with friends, staying in budget hotels, or AirBnbs.
The math was possible largely because Bitcoin is freedom money. I did not hold, I used it to super power my personal development.
But also because I have very strong earnings potential. Even when I was unemployed I published and won award money.
Also I don't own, I rent, and it's not a big house but it's got a big yard because it's rural. I'm about 3 hours away from the nearest big city.
Idk if you're like purity testing homelessness or what. I literally spent the time meditating and doing random art and psy-gym it wasn't a time of poverty and desperation and I don't think my post suggested that 🤣
Thank you Daniel 🥰
Thank you Justin 🥰
Thank you Sk ☺️
I don't have a car. I define homeless as no permanent address. Most can rely on family to be a home base but I don't have that either. I am blessed with many friends though, so I would never be on the streets.
Happy Birthday! 🥳 so happy to hear you are now thriving. 💜
Thank you Chip 🥰
Thank you John 🥰
Also, if you are an east coaster now… you may want to consider a trip north!
HBD :)
Oh that would be fun!! I'm still getting settled these days but maybe once things stabilize for sure!
Aww thank you so much! It was a quiet weekend as I'm still healing from getting hit by that car 😂 but I had treats and fun movies and it was a very good peaceful celebration 🥰
Plans for the year 🤔 continue building an exit ramp for myself and my community!
But that's where all the Yankees live.
Thanks Chip 🥰
I assure you I am not a yankee…
That's what they all say 🤣
Thank you Token 🥰
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIP!!
Well, if you are north of the Mason Dixon..... lol
Happy Birthday!!
*guitar wails hard in background*
Thank you Scott 🥰
A lot of folks would argue it starts North of Richmond now 🤔
I'm a Marylander and have been told constantly I'm not Southern. But like, it's the Old Line State! It's literally where the Mason Dixon line starts!
People don't know their own history SMDH 😮💨
Thanks 🥰
Pretty much that funny little line that splits PA from MD. It's fun to find the little stone markers. They have them caged up in a lot of locations.
> A lot of folks would argue it starts North of Richmond now
Very contentious line somewhere across VA depending on who you ask lol
I just want to know who let Florida in the club???
Florida's not in any club, all avoid association with them 🤣
It's fun to start fights everywhere I go 🤣
But you have to admit they have brought us the very interesting, mostly cringe, and often hillarious "Florida Man" stories. So there is that...
I’m SO far north from the Mason Dixon that they have other names for me.
Permafrost Yankee! lol
IM REBRANDING TO PERMAFROST YANKEE
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happy belated birthday! so happy for your progress 💖
Thank you Franny 🥰
Happy belated birthday! What a journey you have been on and I pray that the years to come be filled with joy and more fulfilment and adventures too! Keep shining bright and twerk when stressed 😂 🫂
Thank you!!!!
The worse part about getting hit by that car is my spontaneous twerking is now just acting as a signal that my back's not done healing. But it's ok I'll get there and be throwing it a circle soon enough 🤣
Haha! Spontaneous twerks are part of the healing journey soon you will be able to put your back into it just like old times 😄 Hope you get better soonest and do take it easy, we still need to get you hitched asap 😁
🤣 yes please 🙏
I need someone to help me maintain a house, also me horny 🤣🫦
😂 the young studs of Nostr are definitely paying attention and will be flooding your inbox soon! Happy hunting 😉🤞🏻
Happy Birthday
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