40💫 And suddenly, life takes on an entirely new meaning.... Last week, I texted a friend, I don’t know how I’ve lived so much life. I don’t feel old, but forty years is a long time on this earth. And that is honestly exactly how it feels. So many people reach forty and panic. But the truth is, I do not feel my age, and I refuse to let a number define how I move through the world and that feels important to say out loud. Maybe that makes me delusional. Maybe some people feel older than they are. Maybe others feel younger. All I know is this, I am here, I am present, and I am deeply aware of how fortunate I am. Sure, I look in the mirror and notice gravity has made herself a little more comfortable than she was five years ago. I see it. I feel it. But I also know I will never be younger than I am right now, and that alone feels like a reason to celebrate. Especially because this past year and a half has felt like a turning point. A stride. A season where things began to click in a way they never fully had before. My thirties were about navigating. About unraveling. About doing the hard work, personally and quietly, and learning through the mess of it all. And now, on the other side of that, I feel clearer. More rooted. More myself. I am finding my voice, and trusting it. So here we are. Forty. Not an ending, but an arrival. The era of thriving. If thirty was the becoming, forty is the living and I am so ready. Huge thanks to @bonbashct for helping me plan the Casino Royale meets Swiss chalet party of my dreams and @ashleynicole.photographer for the most epic shots 💫 LTKValentine LTKootd LTKdayinmylife