I turn 30 this year!

I’d like to verbalise (and therefore manifest) what I want to do and who I’d like to be.

Since graduating (in 2021!), I’ve been grappling with my place in society and how I want to live. At present, something that resonates is the phrase “a rolling stone gathers no moss”. I want to gather moss, I want to stop rolling. Not that I’ve been rolling per se, but I do want to consciously not roll.

The desire comes from learning how much I enjoy noticing the yearly rhythms of the natural world around me. I’ve been learning more about spring the past three springs, and that’s just the beginning. Growing up in an international school alienated me from my surroundings in a way I’ve just begun to grasp. I want to be a part of the land I live on, belong to the community, connected above and below. I want to know where to find certain bugs at different times of the year depending on the weather of that year. I want to walk the mountain like Ogion.

I want to coordinate and facilitate activities and experiences for a locality where people can engage with each other and the environment. I want to be a momentary constant in other people’s routines, a quiet space to be. I want to live in a neighbourhood and know my neighbours, and grow my own mint, and host a bumblebee queen for a season.

I think I’d be happy with a small, slow life.