Definitely hits harder when you start losing people in your life. I remember in 2019 saying “nah I’ll come to next year’s birthday party, I’m moving out and focussing on my job!” Unfortunately covid hit in 2020, and we had lockdown here for 2 years. By the time we came out of lockdown, they had passed away. That was the last birthday and I missed it. The feeling of emptiness and realisation of how short life is. Just take the video. Just be there. Just go. Do it. Ask that person out, go to that thing, ask for that promotion. It’ll all be gone before you know it.

This is also why I suggest people take a short video every Christmas or birthday. No matter how stupid the hair is, or bad the outfits are. You just never know when it’s going to be someone’s last.

I took a birthday video many years ago and someone who’s now passed was in the video. Turns out I was the only one who had ever taken any video of that person. Everyone else only had photos. It’s the only recording of their voice we have, even if the focus wasn’t on them.

I just type everything then delete most of it before sending. Heck I even did it with this comment.

Technically all bread is already toast. You had to bake it to make it. You just bake it a little extra and suddenly it’s toast.