For my birthday this year, I hiked the West Coast Trail (WCT) in Canada. Getting into my mid-30s, I often feel self-conscious about getting old. However, I do feel smarter and stronger with every birthday. Perhaps the next step is not to fight the years, but to embrace the wisdom and resilience they have delivered—and to see each birthday not as a countdown, but as an invitation to the next great challenge.
今年生日，我重裝徒步穿越了加拿大的西海岸步道。邁入三十多歲中期之際，我常常對「變老」這件事分外在意。不過，每過一個生日，我都感到自己變得更聰明、更強壯。或許，我的下一步不是與歲月抗爭，而是擁抱歲月所帶來的智慧與韌性，並把每個生日視為下一場偉大冒險的邀請，而非生命的倒數計時。