Double Sweet Sixteen
This year my birthday was very much a transition — an actual day of transition from being on holiday to back to the everyday (and all the emotion tied up to that) and a day of reflecting on the transition that’s happened with everything (the career break, my health, the move) up until now.
A sweet sixteen is a usually celebrated transitional phase from childhood to young adulthood, and while not a traditional coming-of-age milestone, my double sweet sixteen has felt similar in that it’s been a transitional period where there’s this newfound sense of freedom — I feel like I’m coming into “real” adulthood by finding a completeness and sureness — a knowing-ness — in my sense of self.
Thoughts and reflections to come (of which there are a few) but here are some photos of the birthday: very chill, very laid back, oodles of fun — literally (see below).
