Good morning friends, it’s Saturday, August 9, 2025. The weather is: 90 degrees outside and sunny, and I am relaxing at home (for the moment) in Fort Worth, Texas.

It’s my 40th birthday! A pretty significant milestone in anyone’s life. I’m feeling thankful that I’m still in good health, I have a life I enjoy that allows me equal parts being comfortable at home and traveling the world, and that I haven’t made any major mistakes so far. I have a lot of friends and family who care about me, and I have a good number of projects to keep me busy and learning.Overall, I think things are going well. I know that can all change at any time, so I try not to ever take a good life for granted.

For the next decade of my life, I want to focus on getting better at self-improvement. I’d like to eat healthier, lift weights more, lose that extra 15 pounds, read more, write more, be a better friend, and become a better musician and story teller. I’d like to spend less time worrying about the state of the world and more time doing things I find fulfilling and rewarding (especially if they involve friends or my local community).

Before I go, let’s look at a list of 10 highlights from my 30’s (2015-2025):

1. Playing a show at Red Rocks (2024)
2. Buying my first house in Fort Worth (2021, Got lucky and got a crazy low interest rate)
3. Countless tours and shows with bands (too many good memories and crazy stories to count)
4. Learning how to lift weights and getting back in shape by doing almost 3 years of Crossfit classes (2021-2025, My official take onCrossfit: It’s a great workout if you don’t push past your abilities and hurt yourself)
5. Moving to Los Angeles, even if it was only for a few months (I accepted a new job in Beverley Hills at the beginning of 2020, and March 2020 was the worst possible time to move to LA. Still, I get to laugh about it now.)
6. Being debt free, and even having some money in savings (money was a concern through most of my 20’s and early 30’s, but I made some smart financial decisions between 2019-2024 that paid off)
7. Playing Phoebe Bridgers songs with the Chartable team in a jam room at the top of the World Trade Center 4 building (2022, Spotify offices)
8. Spending a week in Stockholm, Sweden for Spotify’s Intro Days (2022, their meetup for new employees)
9. Spending a week in Portugal (2023, explored Lisbon, rented a motorcycle and rode up the coast to Ericeira and back through the countryside)
10. Buying the motorcycle I’ve wanted since I was 15 (a Honda Shadow, I got the 2016 Honda Shadow Phantom in late 2020 after moving back to Texas from LA)

Can’t really complain about anything. I’ve been a lucky dude so far.

Thanks for reading,

Aaron

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