{"id":6556,"date":"2024-05-14T08:48:47","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T15:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=6556"},"modified":"2024-05-14T08:48:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T15:48:47","slug":"2024-birthday-wishlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=6556","title":{"rendered":"2024 Birthday Wishlist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Previous years: 2023<\/a>, 2022<\/a>, 2021<\/a>, 2020<\/a>, 2019<\/a>, 2018<\/a>, 2017<\/a>, 2016<\/a>, 2015<\/a>, 2014<\/a>, 2013<\/a>, 2012<\/a>, forgotten year in 2011, 2010<\/a>, 2009<\/a>, 2008<\/a>, a forgotten year of 2007, 2006<\/a>, 2005<\/a>, 2004<\/a>, 2003<\/a>, 2002<\/a><\/p>\n

What does it mean that I only update my blog for these annual rituals? But I suppose that I can’t help it. I really can’t move away from the things that I set for myself.<\/p>\n

I also come to an age where I wonder if it’s okay to celebrate? But why not? Nobody says that I can’t. It’s my day and sometimes it seems like it matters more when we’re younger. But when we’re older, the many times we have done our birthdays, it becomes a blur. But I believe that it’s best to wish and hope.<\/p>\n

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  1. That Chris finds his way out of the messiness<\/li>\n
  2. Fruit salad everyday!<\/li>\n
  3. Security and comfort in friendships<\/li>\n
  4. Finding ways to sleep well in uncomfortable environments (aka too warm or too noisy)<\/li>\n
  5. That I find someone in the industry to believe in my novel aka an agent or editor<\/li>\n
  6. Publish a short story or essay (though tbh I haven’t submitted any!<\/li>\n
  7. Clothes that make me younger\u2014though irritated that IG has made me feel like I am dressing old<\/li>\n
  8. A poem that I can actually submit!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Previous years: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, forgotten year in 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, a forgotten year of 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 What does it mean that I only update my … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6557,"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6556\/revisions\/6557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}