🎂 The dirty thirty I wish I’d had

A reflection on 4 years of birthdays

A few years ago, I celebrated my 30th birthday on an island off the southern coast of Thailand.

When I was planning the trip there, I thought, “I’ll be in Thailand — of course, it will be awesome.” How could it not be?

But I was wrong.

After spending the better part of my later twenties as a digital nomad wandering the Earth, it turned out, I didn’t want …