Weekly #30: Written on My 30th Birthday

This issue is a record of and reflection on May and June 2025. The ancients said: at thirty, you stand firm. That day has finally come for me. And fittingly, this is also the thirtieth issue of this monthly. Growing Up The other evening I went downstairs to the barbershop for a haircut, chatting with the owner, a man from northeastern China. He said time seems to move faster every year — a day goes by in a blink, barely any sensation of it passing. The same days, repeating. One month to the next, one year t