Embrace new ways of thinking. Be gentle with yourself as you learn to let go of the frames

that used to shape all of the thoughts buzzing wild in your mind. Replace old structures with stronger

ways of thinking. Well, hello there.

It's Morgan here.

And what I just read was a poem from page 67

of You Are Only Just Beginning,

Book of Poetry and Art by me, February 14th this year.

That's when that comes out. And this is a poem about recognizing the ways in which

old structures just don't work anymore. And this poem is actually in a section on honeybees. And what I found so interesting in studying honeybees as I wrote this chapter was that

honeybees are always working to improve their environment.

Now, of course, they wouldn't use words like improve. And I don't mean that in like

the human self-improvement sense. What I mean in that is that they are always working together. And as

time goes on, what they're working on becomes something new.

And the other day, I was thinking about how I spent my birthday playing Sims 4.

I really wanted to do that for a few reasons.

One, just this very specific thing, Sims first released on my birthday, February 4th. And then it was also just,

I wanted to spend my birthday just doing something that I wanted to do. And oftentimes,

one of those structures that I've just unpacked as well, the image of what someone does on

their birthday in their 30s, whatever that image is. I don't know. And I,

and I, and I, and I, and I, and I just want to do my own thing. And it was just a moment of me

just wanting to really do my own thing. And I told several people this. And in telling them,

I got the same response over and over and over again. I was like, wow, Sims is still around. And I found that so

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