I celebrated my birthday for the first time today at 40 years old. My wife was great. She and some of my coworkers surprised me at lunch. Decorations, my kids and all. It was awesome.
I spent the first half of my life all into this cult. Leaving has been quite a learning experience. Painful and lonely at times. I'm trying to figure out how to approach my real life with the same gusto I did in the cult.
Thank you to everyone here and all the activists that have been so helpful over the last few months. I'm hoping the second half of my life is as meaningful as I mistakenly thought the first half of my life was.