There’s not enough sage for this shit. As a child, birthdays used to be magical. Themed decorations, balloons, cake, friends — there was nothing more epic as a kid. Who wouldn’t count down the days, plan outfits, and revel in the one time of year it was completely acceptable to be the center of attention?? But somewhere along the way, that magic… lit on fire. I suddenly hit a point where if it could go wrong on a milestone birthday, it did. Horribly wrong. The Shift For some unknown reason, the Universe has yet to reveal, it started on my 16th birthday. I failed my driving test — bad. Like really bad. I went to…

Let’s hypothetically say we’re sitting across from each other in a coffee shop (because I love me some coffee shop vibes!). This would be the moment I take a sip of a dairy-free iced mocha latte, lean in, and say, “So… I did a thing. I finally stepped out of my comfort zone. And I have NO IDEA where to go from here.” *nervous chuckle* I like to call this thing “Too Many Tabs with Wendy.” Full disclosure from a reluctantly social yet ironically neurodiverse chica: my brain is basically a browser window that never got the memo about closing tabs. You know that meme where the person has too many…