@bowie
Bowie Rowan
@bowieΒ Β·Β 0:55

My birthday wish for you Swell πŸŽ‰

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But one of my birthday wishes this year is to hear about what you and your life were like at 34, the age I am today. And if you aren't yet 34, maybe what some I've your dreams or aspirations are for when you are 34. Thank you and happy birthday to me, it's

Your stories about 34.

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@EssephVee
Susan Vollenweider
@EssephVeeΒ Β·Β 1:27

Happy birthday! 34 was a year of change for me.

And then within a few months, we'd move down to the Kansas City area, which is where I live right now. So that was 34. I liked my 30s. I liked my 40s. I pretty much liked every year I've been in. So Congratulations for this monumental momentum, your life. And I hope that you make wonderful changes and keep the things that you love this year. And 34 is a great age. Enjoy it. Happy birthday. Bye
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@sudha
Sudha Varadarajan
@sudhaΒ Β·Β 0:38
Hey, Rachel, a very happy birthday to you. Very coincidentally, I have a very close friend whose birthday is on October 17 as well. And as to what I was doing when I was was 34 years old, well, my son had just turned one, so I was unwrapping gifts and saying thank you, I suppose around this time, but I think October fantastic month for birthdays. I have lots of friends and family born in October. I hope the year brings you a lot of happiness
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@Izzy
Izzy S-L
@IzzyΒ Β·Β 1:54

Huge Happy B-Day! Definitely huge focus on career goals!

I don't really have any expectations. I just think that what happens will happen. It will be beautiful no matter what ends up happening and where I am at 34 years. But one thing is for sure is like I definitely do have high expectations and goals as far as my career aspirations go
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@AverageJoe
Average Joe
@AverageJoeΒ Β·Β 0:25
Hey, Rachel, I'm sitting in a cocktail lounge in Alexandria, Virginia, right now, and I'm getting sauce as it were, but I'm just stopping in real quick to wish you a happy birthday, even though you're much younger than me. And you like to point that out all the time, whipper snapper and all that kind of stuff. I have a good birthday
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@bowie
Bowie Rowan
@bowieΒ Β·Β 0:55

@EssephVee ✨

And you can either ride the wave of that or resist it. And the older I'm getting, it's getting much easier to ride the wave of it. So thank you for reminding me of that. Thank you for creating your podcast, which I have fallen in love with and has also given me a lot of inspiration. And I'm really excited to keep listening to whatever you create next
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@bowie
Bowie Rowan
@bowieΒ Β·Β 0:43

@sudha πŸŽ‰

Thank you for the birthday wishes. Suda I love that you know, a lot of people with October birthdays as well and that another one of your good friends shares the birthday with one of my favorite people in the entire world. This is also just a very birthday filled time of year for me. So many people in my family have birthdays around this time and also friends and it's a really joyous way to enjoy the fall and start reflecting on the end of the year
@bowie
Bowie Rowan
@bowieΒ Β·Β 1:08

@ispriggs ☺️

But when I was your age, I was very similar and had always kind of been like that much more into staying at home and reading or having quiet to myself or just with a few people. And I love that you feel so inspired to continue on your career path and serve others. And I have no doubt that when you are turning 34, you're going to have already accomplished incredible things and I hope I get to hear about them. Thank you so much again for the beautiful wishes
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@bowie
Bowie Rowan
@bowieΒ Β·Β 0:57

@AverageJoe 😹

Despite all of the terribly depressing things that we both tend to talk about together that are happening in the world. Thank you for the great conversations the last few months. And hey, rock on, old man, I couldn't help myself. I'm sorry
@Wordsmith
Sreeja V
@WordsmithΒ Β·Β 1:17
Hey, Rachel. Happy birthdays. Hope you had a great one. My parents were both born in the month of October, so it's a special month for me. And when I was 34, I was a mom completely throws of motherhood and also moved locations, moved from a city to a relatively smaller city, if you may. And we're scoping with the responsibilities of being a full time mom and also taking care of the extended family
@bookishpodcast
Shahnaz Ahmed
@bookishpodcastΒ Β·Β 2:35
You share a birthday with my dad. So happy birthday. Happy 34 to you. I am super excited based on my age. You're just a child. You're a little one. You're a pup or as average Joe said, you're a Whopper snapper. It's all good. Pretty much what you are. I mean, me. I'm like this old grandma here. So looking back at 34, man, like, 34, I wish
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@bowie
Bowie Rowan
@bowieΒ Β·Β 1:00

@wordsmith ✨

And I feel as though all three of those qualities were very present in my life this year that I got opportunities to continue to cultivate them, which was definitely a gift of this past year in my life that I feel really grateful for. So thank you for sharing that and giving me more space to reflect on that. And thank you for the brief establishes
@bowie
Bowie Rowan
@bowieΒ Β·Β 1:13

@RobbinMilne πŸ‘©πŸΌβ€πŸŽ¨

And I was just thinking about how much bravery that takes to finally make a move and start walking down a different path when you've been on a particular one for a long time, that's stable or maybe more in line with some of the cultural values that may not be like in line or fulfilling for your spirit or artist self. I loved listening to that and knowing that part of your story. So thank you for taking the time to share it and for the birthday wishes
@bowie
Bowie Rowan
@bowieΒ Β·Β 1:55

@bookishpodcast πŸŽ‰

First of all, happy Belated birthday to Shanaza's Papa. That's awesome. I'm so excited that I share a birthday with your dad and also, wow, 80. That's amazing. I hope you you were able to have a really good celebration with him and have a lot of fun despite all the things that are going on right now in the world
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