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Happy birthday week! I'm excited to hear about the book proposal!

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First, Happy Birthday! May your week be filled with joy. As someone who is also turning 58 this year (in 3 weeks, in fact), I am so grateful for this post. Age never bothered me - I stopped trying to hide my gray hair a decade ago - but somehow now, whether it’s the Covid time warp or just ...age, I am struggling more with being closer to 60 than 40. Thanks for the reminder to take joy in the present.

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Thanks Irma. Happy 58th year to you too!

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Happiest of Birthday my writing friend ~ filling one’s bucket feels so, so January cozy 💛 i love it ~

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Thank you! Hope your January has some cozy in it.

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My first one was in November. It became one of my fav things of 2023. Sounds like a good birthday treat!

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Love this! Happy Birthday Julie!

Hot stone massages, candles, yoga with Adrienne, hot baths, tea, dark chocolate, reading under blankets with my son, writing, talking to friends...

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Thank you, Mary. I love all that too, but have never had a hot stone massage. Going on my list!

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Happy Birthday week Julie! :) Thank you so much for this great prompt. I hope you have a super week.

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Thank you Julie!

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You're welcome! Enjoy the day. :)

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Thank you Julie!

Happy Birthday blessings to you. What a powerful post - and I am so inspired to write about those things that ‘fill’ my bucket. It leaves me breathing deeply as my mind stirs and stirs and stirs some more.

JoAnne

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Thanks JoAnne!

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Oh Julie, firstly, happy birthday - 🥳 - and secondly, gosh, I LOVE the idea of a 'fill your bucket' list!!! Making a note in my journal right now... I'm ON it! 🙌

Thank you for a terrifically inspiring post! And have an amazing birthday. xxx

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Thank you Rebecca!

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I love this, Julie. I think a fill your bucket list, or a fill the creative well list, sounds lovely.

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Thank you for sharing!

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You're welcome.

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Love this, Julie! I’ve blocked off this week for writing. I’m going to work on a fill my bucket list and share with others so they do the same.

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Would love to hear how your writing goes!

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What is already possible. Love this reframe. Thank you! And cheers to you on your birthday week.

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Thank you!

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Happy birthday week! And I love the Fill Your Bucket list idea!

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Thanks Becky!

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First, Happy Birthday Week, and I'll say that again (even belatedly) in person in St. Louis. Second, thank you SO much for the commentary on age/aging, and celebration of what IS right now...exactly what I needed today and right now. I'm so grateful for you, for Writing in Company, and for the joys and blessings that come into clearer focus in my life, because they just needed writing about them in order to be truly seen and felt.

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Thank you SarahLee! See you next week.

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