Jessica Chung

29 🪐✨ leading up to my birthday, I thought “29 is such an awkward age, I should save the celebration for when I’m 30.” But my loved ones quickly convinced me that 29 is most definitely worth celebrating because it’s the LAST year of your 20s— and what a wild ride my 20s have been! So many growing pains, life changes, milestones, grief, happiness, lessons learned, and golden moments all jam packed into this magical vessel. I was so miserable for my 28th, I knew I didn’t want to carry those feelings into this new year. I realized that there was never any need to “save the celebration” because life is worth celebrating everyday.

I spent the day with my family in Chinatown— going on a mini food tour of all the best spots and shopping around. But my childhood best friend called me right at midnight and serenaded me on the phone while I danced alone in my kitchen to her voice. And I think that’s the perfect depiction of how 29 is going to go— lots of dancing, singing, doing what I love, & surrounded by love.

I’m treating this caption as my own mini journal entry so if you’ve read up until this point then thanks for tagging along for the journey. And to the people in my orbit, thank you for always making me feel so so special. I still don’t know what I do to deserve it, but I’m eternally grateful. 🫶🏼